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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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103800
MRDS ID M055495
Record type Site
Current site name Kings Mine
Alternate or previous names Fredanna, Fredana, Friedana, Table Mountain, Francis Claims
Related records 10236305

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.27125, 35.9094 (WGS84)
Elevation 945
Relative position 14 MI E OF PARKFIELD

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 023S 016E 20 California

Comments on the location information

  • NW/4 SW/4 SW/4 SEC. 20

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Calcite Gangue
Metacinnabar Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Sedimentary Rocks;Sedimentary Rocks
    Rock description Sedimentary Rocks;Sedimentary Rocks

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.27125, 35.9094
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Andreas Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description N 60 W Fault { Anticline, Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 60 E
    Dip 70 N
    Length 21.34M
    Width 8.53M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • SANDSTONE - FOOTWALL; SERPENTINE - HANGING WALL. { PIERCEMENTS OF ROCKS OF THE FRANCISCAN GROUP, CRETACEOUS SEDIMENTARY ROCKS, AND MINOR AMOUNTS OF ROCKS OF MIOCENE AGE INTO ANTICLINE FORMED BY FOLDING A THICK SEQUENCE OF CRETACEOUS SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. PIERCEMENT LATER INTRUDED BY SERPENTINE IN POST - MIOCENE TIME.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1902
Year of first production 1902
Production years 1905, 1909-1910, 1915-1917, 1932-1935, 1937-1943, 1945-1946

Mining district

District name Parkfield (Table Mountain)

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner B. Harvey
    First year 1941
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Ida Twisselman
    First year 1965

Production statistics

  • Year 1962
    Period To 1962
    Material HG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^10-20 Lb/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Mercury Mercury 474g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • 46 LB/FT OF WORKINGS

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CAVED WORKINGS AND SCARCE OUTCROPS MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE ANY ACCURATE ESTIMATE OF THE RESERVES OF THE MINE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 487.68M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED (1964) { DIMENSIONS GIVEN FOR ONE ORE BODY

Comments on development

  • RETORT (1942) ; ECON.COM: LANDSLIDE AREA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES.

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252.

  • Deposit

    JENNINGS, C. W., 1953, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KINGS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CJMG VOL. 49 NO. 3

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    USBM DATA

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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