Mine detail: Kings Mine

Previously called 'FredannaFredanaFriedanaTable MountainFrancis Claims'

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Location: Kings County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.9094, -120.27125
dep_id: 10103800
mrds_id: M055495
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar
gangue: Calcite
other_matl: Metacinnabar
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Silicification
ore_ctrl: Fault
Reporter: Gassaway, J. S.
hrock_unit: Sedimentary Rocks;Sedimentary Rocks
hrock_type: Sandstone
Structure: San Andreas Fault, N 60 W Fault { Anticline, Shear Zone
Year first produced: 1902
disc_yr: 1902
prod_yrs: 1905, 1909-1910, 1915-1917, 1932-1935, 1937-1943, 1945-1946
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
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