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Kings Mine

Past Producer in Kings county in California, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10236305
MRDS ID M055495
MAS/MILS ID 0060310003
Record type Site
Current site name Kings Mine
Alternate or previous names Fredanna, Fredana, Table Mountain
Related records 10103800

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.27127, 35.90936 (WGS84)
Elevation 988
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kings(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Dark Hole(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Paso Robles(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Luis Obispo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(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 Kings

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023 S 016 E 20 SWSWNW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.27127, 35.90936
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 35, 1939, P. 383.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 936-F, 1942, P. 164-165.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 49, 1953, P. 293, 295.

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, VOL. III-

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, P. 14.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-NOV-90 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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