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Little Kings

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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040687
MRDS ID M055545
Record type Site
Current site name Little Kings
Related records 10188088

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.2618, 35.90135 (WGS84)
Elevation 914

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)

Estrella(hydrologic unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kings

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023S 016E 29 California

Comments on the location information

  • NE/4 SEC. 29.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Mercury Ore
Metacinnabar Ore
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silica Carbonate Alteration

Analytical data

Result 9 TO 12 LB HG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.2618, 35.90135
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Horizontal Thrust Fault Breccia Near Intersections Of High - Angle Normal Faults Which Strike Ne And N 75 W.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1958-1963, 1966-1968

Mining district

District name Parkfield (Table Mountain)

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Atlas Minerals Corp.
    First year 1966

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED LESS THAN 100 FL 1959; MORE THAN 100 FL 1960, 1967, 1968; MORE THAN 1000 FL 1966

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY...SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1955 - 1961: VOL. III, SO. PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO, 94105.

  • Deposit

    MINERALS YEARBOOKS, 1959-1973, USBM

  • Production

    SO. PACIFIC CO, BAILEY, USBM MINERALS YEARBOOKS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DRIFTING LATE IN 1963. { WARRANTS FURTHER EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, J. S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Atlas Minerals Corp. — dissolved ~1998
    Atlas Corporation filed Chapter 11 in 1998 amid uranium-mine reclamation liabilities. Mining assets were dispersed in bankruptcy.

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