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Queens Peak Mng. Co.

Producer in Humboldt county in California, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030514
MRDS ID M008687
Record type Site
Current site name Queens Peak Mng. Co.
Related records 10212032

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.04557, 40.06902 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position ABOUT 3 MI. N. AND 1 MI. E OF SHELTER COVE. LOCATED ON WEST SLOPE OF QUEENS PEAK (MAY BE IN SEC. 35, OR IN SEC. 2, 5S, 1E) W OF MATTOLE RIVER, 45 MI. TO RAILROAD AT S. FORK. W OF MATTOLE RIVER, 45 MI. TO RAILROAD AT S. FORK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shelter Cove(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cape Mendocino(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eureka(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mattole(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 004S 001E 34 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE, UTM APPROX. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore
Hausmannite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SORTED ORE GRADE 42 PERCENT MANGANESE, 6 PERCENT IRON, AND LESS THAN 15 PERCENT SILICA.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.04557, 40.06902
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 50 E
    Thickness 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BED OF REDDISH-BROWN OXIDE, HAUSMANNITE, IS INTERBEDDED WITH SEDIMENTARY ROCK OF THE FRANCISCAN FORMATION. THE ORE BED IS 6 TO 10 FT THICK, STRIKES N AND DIPS 50 E. THE HAUSMANNITE IS OVERLAIN BY PYRITE-BEARING RED CHERT AND A THICK SEQUENCE OF THIN-BEDDED GRAY SHALE. HAUSMANNITE IS ASSOCIATED WITH BLACK MANGANESE OXIDE, DULL PINK MANGANESE CARBONATE, NEOTOCITE AND BEMENTITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1958

Comments on the production information

  • FIRST CARLOAD SHIPPED IN OCT. 1958 AND 15 CARLOADS HAVE BEEN SHIPPED SINCE, OF HAND SORTED, HIGH GRADE MANGANESE, ORE RUNNING ABOUT 42 PERCENT MANGANESE, 6 PERCENT IRON, LESS THAN 15 PERCENT SILICA.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT, WORKING FACE EXPOSED WAS ABOUT 125 FT. WIDE AND 200 FT. HIGH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DOM MIN. INF. SERVICE, V. 12, NO. 12, DEC. 1959, P. 7

  • Deposit

    MINING WORLD V. 22, NO. 2, 1960, P. 63

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE HAUSMANNITE IS OVERLAIN BY PYRITE-BEARING RED CHERT AND A THICK SEQUENCE OF THIN-BEDDED GRAY SHALE. IT IS ASSOC. WITH BLACK MANGANESE OXIDE, DULL PINK MANGANESE CARBONATE A MANGANESE SILICATE IDENTIFIED AS NEOTOCITE, AND BEMENTITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1978 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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