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King Solomon Mine

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048699
MRDS ID MP25709
Record type Site
Current site name King Solomon Mine
Alternate or previous names Claims: Blind, Nosser, Magpie, King Solomon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.64979, 35.36943 (WGS84)
Elevation 1189
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 3/4 MI W JOHANNESBURG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Johannesburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuddeback Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Antelope-Fremont Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029S 040E 35 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.64979, 35.36943
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N35W-N80E
    Dip 40-50NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • K4: GANGUE: QUARTZ, PYRITE, ARSENOPYRITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rand Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Max Hess; Johannesburg, California
    First year 1949
  • Type Owner
    Owner Shipsey Mining Co., South Pasadena, California
    First year 1949

Comments on the production information

  • BEST ORE MINED OCCURRED BETWEEN 300 FT LEVEL AND SURFACE. NO CONCENTRATORS WERE USED IN THE MILL SINCE THE ORE CONTAINED ALMOST NO SULFIDES. DAILY PRODUCTION PREVIOUS TO 1925 WAS ABOUT 5 TONS. AVERAGE GRADE OF ORE WAS SUCH THAT APPROX. $25/TON WAS CAUGHT ON PLATES DURING MILLING. MINE RETURNS INDICATE A FINENESS OF ABOUT 780. PRODUCTION FOR 3 MONTHS ENDING JULY 19, 1923 AMOUNTED TO 659.5 OUNCES OF GOLD. LINE 8: PERIOD FROM SEPT. 1932 TO MID-1933.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 3048M
    Overall depth 167.64M

Comments on the workings information

  • 700 FT, 45 DEGRED INCLINE WITH 7 LEVELS AND APPROXIMATELY 11,500 FT OF LATERAL WORKINGS. SOME DIAMOND-DRILLING WAS DONE ON UNDERGROUND POINTS. NUMBER OF OTHER SHALLOW SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., SAMPSON, R.J., AND OAKESHOTT, G.B., 1949, MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 45, NO. 2, P. 227, PL. 17.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 95, P. 136-137.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 29, P. 311-312.

  • Production

    CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 95, P. 136-137

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 VEINS. WALLS GENERALLY WELL-DEFINED, SEPARATED FROM VEIN MATERIAL BY GOUGE. SHOW SLICKENSIDES. PAY ORE AVERAGED LESS THAN 2 FT IN THICKNESS, AT LEAST 1400 FT IN LENGTH. CROSS VEIN NARROWS WHERE IT CUTS STRONGLY-MINERALIZED DIABASE DIKE. VALUES WERE ERRACTIC. IN GENERAL, THEY CLING CLOSE TO HANGING WALLS OF VEINS IN CONNECTED, BUT MORE OR LESS IRREGULAR BUNCHES.
Deposit PATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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