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Amador Queen No. 2

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028266
MRDS ID M005142
Record type Site
Current site name Amador Queen No. 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.75462, 38.32463 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Relative position ABOUT 2 MILES S. OF JACKSON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jackson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Mokelumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Amador

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 011E 34,35 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD OCCURS WITH ARSENOPYRITE IN QUARTZ STRINGERS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SULFIDES CONSTITUTE 3 % OF ORE
Result GOLD ASSOCIATED WITH SULFIDES ASSAYED $90 - $110/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.75462, 38.32463
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip E
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL MIXED WITH SOFT SLATE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Judge Ralph Mcgee

Comments on the production information

  • CHIEF PRODUCTION WAS PRIOR TO 1900. FROM 1918-1941 MINE OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY WITH A PRODUCTION OF A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS NEARLY EVERY YEAR; WORKED INTERMITTENTLY BY GARIBALDI BROTHERS 1930-1941 AND IN 1948 AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO TREAT THE TAILINGS. IN THE LAST TEN YEARS OF OPERATIONS, PRODUCTION WAS CHIEFLY SPECIMEN ORE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 24.282HA
    Overall depth 129.54M

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUT ADIT 1300 FT., VERTICAL SHAFT 170 FT., 62 DEGREE INCLINED SHAFT 490 FT ON FOOTWALL WITH SHORT CROSSCUT TO HANGING WALL, DRIFTS ON ADIT LEVEL 1200 FT., RAISE FROM ADIT TO SURFACE AT STATE-GREENSTONE CONTACT; ORE SHOOT 1200 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF AMADOR COUNTY, CAL: CJMG VOL. 50 , P. 167

  • Deposit

    IRELAN, WM. JR., 1888 , EIGHTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 8 , P. 91

  • Deposit

    STORM, W.H., MOTHER LODE REGION OF CAL.: CMB BULL 18 , P. 44

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 16

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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