Dixie Queen Group

Occurrence in Skamania county in Washington, United States with commodity Lead
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047841
MRDS ID M700167
Record type Site
Current site name Dixie Queen Group
Alternate or previous names Claims: Star King Group, Star Queen Group, Chattanooga Group
Related records 10155512

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.03841, 46.39009 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 7 MI NORTH-NORTHEAST OF SPIRIT LAKE, Estimated In Se/4 Sec. 34 At What Is Presumed To Be Summit Lake

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cowlitz Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Saint Helens and Vicinity(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hoquiam(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cowlitz(hydrologic unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gifford Pinchot National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Skamania

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 011N 006E 34 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON NORTH END OF STRAWBERRY MTN, ABOUT 4 MI NORTHEAST OF POLAR STAR MINE NEAR SUMMIT LAKE. MOEN WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THIS PROPERTY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Spirit Lake Pluton
    Rock description Spirit Lake Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.03841, 46.39009

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO GEOLOGIC INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN REFERENCE; GEOLOGY IS FROM RECENT MAPPING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name St. Helens District - Ryan Lake Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Gifford-Pinchot National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 5.49M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, ADIT (ON BARREN QUARTZ VEIN)

Comments on development

  • PROBABLY NO PRODUCTION

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-81 Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.