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Queen of Sheba

Past Producer in Siskiyou 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035512
MRDS ID M023324
Record type Site
Current site name Queen of Sheba
Alternate or previous names Eton
Related records 10262851

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.86501, 41.33456 (WGS84)
Elevation 1146
Relative position 0.7 MI. SE SUMMIT SMITH HILL BETWEEN ETNA & CALLAHAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Callahan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Shasta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Scott(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Klamath 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 Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 040N 009W 10 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation To Few Feet Of Depth.

Analytical data

Result 1500 SAMPLES FROM TRENCHES WERE ASSAYED. EACH SAMPLE WEIGHED 80 LBS, WAS CRUSHED & RUN THROUGH AMALGAMATION MILLER. TAILING FROM EACH AMALGAMATION TEST ASSAYED BY REGULAR FIRE-ASSAY.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • METAMORPHIC BELT BETWEEN SERPENTINE AND GRANODIORITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • HALF MILE OF TRENCHES, 20 FT. DEEP AND 12 FT. WIDE EXCAVATED BY BULLDOZING. THIS COVERED 50 ACRES, DESIGNED TO PROSPECT 600 FT. WIDE METAMORPHIC ZONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1935, REDDING FIELD DIVISION: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 31, P. 303-304

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZONE OF SCHISTOSE SEDIMENTS 600 FT. WIDE.
Deposit 250 ACRES OF PATENTED LAND. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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