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Desert King Mine

Prospect 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10116162
MRDS ID M023498
MAS/MILS ID 0060710844
Record type Site
Current site name Desert King Mine
Alternate or previous names Desert King
Related records 10103335

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.97867, 34.96001 (WGS84)
Elevation 768
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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
Mount Diablo 010 N 001 W 15 NWSWNW California

Comments on the location information

  • CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL. V. 36, 1940, P. 234, DESCRIBED THE DESERT KING MINE IN SEC. 16, T. 10 N., R. 1 W. AT AN ELEVATION OF 2,600 FT. THE WORKINGS IN SEC. 15, T. 10 N., R. 1 W. ARE CONSIDERED PART OF THIS PROPERTY DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF THIER LOCATION. SEC. 16 WAS NOT VISITED DURING THE 1993 FIELD STUDY. GAMBLE AND DANEHY (1959) SHOW A SHAFT IN THE SENWNE OF SEC. 16 AND 3 PROSPECTS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA IN ADDITION TO A SHAFT WITH NO OBSERVABLE MINERALS IN SEC. 15.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.97867, 34.96001
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 36, 1940, P. 234.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 30, 1934, P. 324.

  • Deposit

    NO. 45

  • Deposit

    GAMBLE, J., AND DANEHY, E. A., 1959, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL

  • Deposit

    RESOURCES OF TOWNSHIP 10 NORTH, RANGES 1 AND 2 WEST -

  • Deposit

    SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: SAN FRANCISCO,

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC LAND COMPANY, (UNPUBLISHED MAP),

  • Deposit

    NO. X-0102-10, SCALE 1:24,000. IN PART AFTER BOWEN

  • Deposit

    (1954), AND MCCULLOH (1956).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-JUL-1993 Rumsey, Clayton M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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