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King Solomon

Past Producer in Mariposa 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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102894
MRDS ID M009686
Record type Site
Current site name King Solomon
Related records 10285028

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.95598, 37.58187 (WGS84)
Elevation 686
Relative position NEAR HIWAY 140 3/4 MI N OF INTERSECTION WITH TRABUCCO CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Feliciana Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yosemite Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Merced(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004S 018E 14 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. E 1/2 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.95598, 37.58187
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 70 SE
    Thickness 0.61M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1911

Mining district

District name Briceburg

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner John M. Graham

Comments on the production information

  • LAST WORKED IN 1920, LAST PRODUCTION IN 1911. IDLE. PROBABLY PLACER MINING IN 14 ALSO ACC. CDM BULL. 135.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 39.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1920, A 70-FT. TUNNEL CONNECTED WITH A 60-FT. RAISE AND SOME DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOWEN, O. E., JR., GRAY, C. H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 1 AND 2 , P. 274 .

  • Deposit

    CASTELLO, W. O., 1921 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MARIPOSA COUNTY IN SEVENTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 137 .

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DIVISION IN TWENTY-FOURTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU. P. 140 .

  • Production

    BOWEN & GRAY 1957

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 1 1/2 - 2 FT THICK
Deposit PATENTED CLAIM AND MILL SITE TOTALING 25.16 ACRES. FORMERLY OPERATED AS PART OF THE SIERRA RICA MINE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1979 Bowman, J. And Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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