1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

King Midas

Past Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031161
MRDS ID M009763
Record type Site
Current site name King Midas
Related records 10115429

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.0232, 37.51076 (WGS84)
Elevation 701
Relative position NR. ST. HIGHWAY 49 1 MI. E. OF MT. BULLION.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bear Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fresno River(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005S 018E 08 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue
Talc Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Talc

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.0232, 37.51076
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 70 NE
    Thickness 0.46M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Talc Veins In Fractures And Joint Planes Contain Free Gold.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Production years 1925 - 1928

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. N. Knight Et Al.
    First year 1927
    Last year 1928

Comments on the production information

  • SULFIDE CONCENTRATES NOT SAVED, MILL TAILINGS $4.29 AU/TN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 57.91M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SURFACE CUTS; INCLINED SHAFT 50 FT. DEEP, VERTICAL SHAFT 100 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOWEN, O. E., JR., GRAY, C. H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 1 AND 2 , P. 273 - 4 .

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DIVISION IN TWENTY-FOURTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU. P. 92 - 3 .

  • Production

    LAIZURE 1928

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IN 5 PARALLEL SHEAR ZONES
Deposit PRESENT OWNERSHIP UNDETERMINED; FORMER LAS MARIPOSAS GRANT MINE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1979 Bowman, J. And Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.