American Queen

Occurrence in San Diego county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Iron, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10140609
MRDS ID M021072
MAS/MILS ID 0060730733
Record type Site
Current site name American Queen
Alternate or previous names Beehive Claim, Della, Coleman, Copper King, Fisher
Related records 10034315

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -117.47307, 33.50334 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Diego(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sitton Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Santa Ana(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Ana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Aliso-San Onofre(hydrologic unit)

Laguna-San Diego Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cleveland National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

San Mateo Canyon Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Diego

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 008 S 006 W California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -117.47307, 33.50334

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Monument

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 146, 1959, NO. 2, P. 111.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. COUNTY REPORT 3, 1963, P. 70.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1991 Rumsey, Clayton M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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