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Mountain Queen

Past Producer in Shasta 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034464
MRDS ID M021249
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Queen
Related records 10189848

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.47526, 40.60041 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 3 MILES SW OF WHISKEYTOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Redding(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 005W 30 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.47526, 40.60041
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.44M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 2 INTERSECTING VEINS, ONE STRIKES N 65 W, ALMOST VERTICAL AND IS 4 TO 8 FT. THICK; THE OTHER STRIKES N 70 E ALMOST VERTICAL AND IS 2 FT THICK; FINE GRAINED BASIC DIKE ASSOCIATED WITH ONLY ONE VEIN; ORE SHOOT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 CLAIMS; SHAFT 50 FT., DRIFTS 50 FT.;

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1933 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: CDM REPT. 29 , P. 39 - 40 .

  • Deposit

    LYDON, P.A. AND O'BRIEN, J.C., 1974 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY, CAL.: CDMG, COUNTY REPT. 6 , 154 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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