Mine detail: Kings Mine

Previously called 'FredannaFredanaFriedanaTable MountainFrancis Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.9094, -120.27125

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Calcite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Other material:	Metacinnabar
Discovery year:	1902

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1905, 1909-1910, 1915-1917, 1932-1935, 1937-1943, 1945-1946
First production started:	1902

Geology

Host rock:	Sedimentary Rocks;Sedimentary Rocks
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	San Andreas Fault, N 60 W Fault { Anticline, Shear Zone
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	M055495
DEP	10103800
Reference	{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	Gassaway, J. S.