Garnet Queen Mine

Past Producer in Riverside county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten
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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10164157
MRDS ID TC38849
MAS/MILS ID 0060650153
Record type Site
Current site name Garnet Queen Mine
Alternate or previous names Garnet Queen
Related records 10064470

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.48695, 33.54445 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Toro Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Palm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Ana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salton Sea(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

San Bernardino 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 California Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 007 S 005 E 20 SWSESE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.48695, 33.54445

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER AND SAMPSON, 1941, CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL.,

  • Deposit

    V. 37, NO. 4, P. 582.

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L.B., 1946, CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 42,

  • Deposit

    NO. 1, PL.

  • Deposit

    BATEMAN AND IRWIN, 1954, DOM BULLETIN 170, CH 2, P. 38.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. OPEN-FILE REPORT 77-14, 1977,

  • Deposit

    P. 985-986.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.