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Carbonate King

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034027
MRDS ID M020705
Record type Site
Current site name Carbonate King
Related records 10134775, 10212939

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.49334, 35.62778 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 7 MILES WEST OF ROACH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

State Line Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesquite Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 017N;018N 014E;014E 05;31 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Lead Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.49334, 35.62778
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1917 - 1951

Comments on the production information

  • LAST SHIPMENT SHOWED SMELTER RECOVERY OF 12.52 % ZN, 12.5 % PB, MINOR SILVER AND GOLD. EARLIER SHIPMENTS CONTAINED A HIGHER RATIO OF ZN TO PB, ABOUT 4 TO 1 .

Comments on the workings information

  • 160 FT. ADIT AND OPEN CUTS. SECOND ADIT 150 FT. LOWER WAS DRIVEN 500 FT. ENDING UP IN BARREN DOLOMITE. TWO TUNNELS CONNECTED BY RAISE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 622 - 623

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1943 , MINERAL RESOURCES, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 39 , NO. 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 478 .

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , P. 622 - 623 (SEE REF.)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS IN FRACTURE HEAVILY STAINED WITH IRON AND MANGANESE OXIDES. STAINING AND MINERALIZATION OCCURS FOR 25 FT. ON EITHER SIDE OF FRACTURES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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