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Dixie Queen Mines

Past Producer in Modoc 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031387
MRDS ID M010122
Record type Site
Current site name Dixie Queen Mines
Related records 10115957

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.94135, 41.35792 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position PASS OFF HIGHWAY 299, 15 MI NORTHWEST OF ADIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Modoc(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Adin Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alturas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Alturas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Pit(hydrologic unit)

Upper Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Modoc 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 Modoc

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 041N 009E 28 S2 OF SE4 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 151
USGS model code 25d
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Sado
Mark3 model number 28

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.94135, 41.35792
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description West-Northwest Striking Fault Zone, Country Rock Is Brecciated

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike E
    Dip 50 S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Winters

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 300 FT CROSSCUT ADIT AND A SHALLOW SHAFTS AND OPEN CUTS ON VEIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1919, MODOC COUNTY, IN 15TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 251.

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 177.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Mateik, R. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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