California · Calaveras County
Plant

Royal-Mountain King Prospect

Calaveras County, California, United States
GoldCopperLeadSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
TertiaryCopper, Lead, Silver
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsArsenopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
Identification
Deposit ID10114469
MRDS IDM006010
Alternate namesLillian, Collar & Elbow Lode
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.00991, -120.67911
References
CALIF B 144,P 221,V 32,NO 3,P 277;REPT 21,P 155-6;EC MINERAL6,E & MJ V 160,NO 2,FEB 1959;P 187-8;CALIF V 53,NOS 3 & 4,PMINERAL MAP.NO 7,1957;COUNTY REPT NO 2,P 64-65,169,& PL B;GQMORRISON-KNUDSON COMPANY, INC.-MINING GROUP. MINE DEPOSITFILE REPORT. ROYAL-MOUNTAIN KING PROSPECT, MOTHER LODE GOLDMINES CONSOLIDATED, COPPEROPOLIS, CALIFORNIA, FINAL REPORT.USBM CONTRACT NO. S0221028, AUGUST, 1983.WORLD MINING. MUCH LOW GRADE ORE AT ROYAL-MOUNTAIN KING.NOV. 1982, P. 63.THE MINING RECORD. PERMIT OBTAINED TO START GOLD MINING OP-ERATIONS. SEPT 15, 1982.MINING ENGINEERING. CALIFORNIA-PRECIOUS METALS. MAY 1983.P. 146.THE MINING RECORD. GOLD ORE DISCOVERED IN NORTHERN CALIFOR-NIA. APRIL 29, 1981. P. 1.THE MINING RECORD CALIFORNIA GOLD MINERS READY FOR SECONDGOLD BOOM. JUNE 10, 1981, P. 7.MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL. JOINT VENTURE FORMED FOR ROYALMOUNTAIN KING GOLD PROJECT. NOV. 1982, P. 8.MORRISON-KNUDSON. SALES CONTRACT REPORT-MOTHER LODE MINESCONSOLIDATED. DEC. 20, 1982.KNOPF, A. THE MOTHER LODE SYSTEM OF CALIFORNIA. USGS PP NO.157, 1929, PP. 23-76.CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY. MINES AND MINERALRESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. REPORT NO. 2.1963. PP. 17,64,65,68,69.CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY. VOL. 53, NO.S 1 AND2, JAN-APRIL, 1957 PP. 432,437.USBM, GOLD RESOURCES OF HE MOTHER LODE BELT, EL DORADO,AMADOR, CALAVERAS, TUOLUMNE, AND MARIPOSA COUNTIES, CALI-FORNIA. HEAVY METALS PROGRAM, SITUATION REPORT, APRIL 1968.CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL PUBLICATION 103, 1990.ALSO LOCATED IN SECTION 30.PROPERTY EVALUATION FILE REPORT, 4-91.AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK 1993, P.77.MINING ENGINEERING, V 45 N12, 12-93, P.1463.ROCKY MTN PAY DIRT, 11-93, P.16A.FMC GOLD CO. NEWS RELEASE, 4-90 AND 10-90.FMC GOLD CO. 1994 ANNUAL REPORT, P.7.FMC GOLD CO. 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, P.7.