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Desert King

Past Producer in San Bernardino 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103335
MRDS ID M023498
Record type Site
Current site name Desert King
Related records 10116162

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.97809, 34.96029 (WGS84)
Elevation 768
Relative position 3.7 MI. NW LEAD MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nebo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newberry Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Bernardino(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 010N 001W 16,15 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. W 1/2 W 1/2 15. REFERENCE LOCATES SOME WORKINGS IN SEC. 16. SHAFT IN SEC. 15

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS FROM TRENCHES EST. FROM $1.25-$5/TON IN GOLD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.97809, 34.96029
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 40NW
    Thickness 182.88M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMBER OF SHALLOW TRENCHES, 10 ARE FROM 100-400 FT. LONG AND 2 FT. DEEP. OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1940, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE NEWBERRY & ORD MTNS: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 36, NO. 1, P. 234

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 600. FT. THICK MINERALIZED ZONE. 3000 FT. LONG
Deposit 640 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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