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Queen of Sheba

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10236312
MRDS ID W023738
MAS/MILS ID 0060270126
Record type Site
Current site name Queen of Sheba
Alternate or previous names Carbonate
Related records 10076616

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.88918, 35.99528 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Anvil Spring Canyon West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Owlshead Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Death Valley National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 022 N 001 E 20 SENE California

Comments on the location information

  • DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLY INHIBITED DUE TO LOCATION IN NATIONAL MONUMENT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.88918, 35.99528
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W
    Dip 30E
    Thickness 6M
    Length 70M
    Width 30M
    Depth to top 25M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 STOCKWORK
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N20W:30E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 40HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 40
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1908
Year of first production 1915

Mining district

District name Carbonate District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Monument

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner New Sutherland Divide Mining Co.
    Interest 99
  • Type Operator
    Owner Chet Whitlock
    Home office Utah

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES BASED ON 1945 WMR AND 1964 GSCLZ BUMINES COMP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 28, 1932, P. 361.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 34, 1938, P. 430-431.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 47, 1951, P. 76-77.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 53, 1957, NO. 100, P. 503.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL REPORT 88, 1965, 18 P.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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