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King Solomon Mine

Past Producer in Kern 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104162
MRDS ID MP25710
Record type Site
Current site name King Solomon Mine
Alternate or previous names Pleasent View

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.47564, 35.49804 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Piute Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tehachapi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Kern-Upper Tehachapi-Grapevine(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028S 033E 18 California

Comments on the location information

  • MINE MARKED ON NW CORNER OF PIUTE PEAK TOPO MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 60S
    Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • K4: GANGUE: QUARTZ, PYRITE, ARSENOPYRITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Clear Creek Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner C. E. Benton
  • Type Owner
    Owner King Solomon Gold Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • 20,000 TONS OF TAILINGS BELOW MILL REPORTED TO CARRY $2/TON IN GOLD. 100 SACKS OF ORE TAKEN FROM STRINGER VEINS REPORTEDLY CARRIED $100/TON IN GOLD.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 914.4M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WITH 3 LEVELS, SHORT DRIFTS AND ONE STOPE. SHALLOW SHAFTS 50-72 FT DEEP ON NARROW STRINGER VEINS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 14, P. 500.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 29, P. 313.

  • Production

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 14, P. 500, CALIFORNIA MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 29, P. 313.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 3 FT THICK. ORE SHOOT 300 FT. LONG. SOME NARROW STRINGER VEINS TO THE NORTH OF THE KING SOLOMON WORKINGS.
Deposit 100 ACRES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative California resources

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