Dixie Queen

Past Producer in Trinity county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035874
MRDS ID M023812
Record type Site
Current site name Dixie Queen
Related records 10263522

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.85333, 40.62096 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MI. WSW MIKES PEAK ON SPRING GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bully Choop Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Trinity(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 009W 14,23 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 8 IN. THICKNESS OF ORE ASSAYED $30/TON ORE WAS BASE AND CONTAINED EQUAL WEIGHTS IN AU AND AG

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.85333, 40.62096

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.3M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Indian Creek

Comments on the production information

  • STATED TO HAVE PRODUCED $5000-$6000 IN HIGH GRADE ORE WHICH YIELDED FROM $100-$384/TON. NO OTHER PRODUCTION INFORMATION FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • 300 FT. ADIT, DRIFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G. CHESTER, 1913, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 14, PT. 4, P. 887.

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1933, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 29, P. 21.

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1926, TRINITY COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 22, NO. 1, P. 17.

  • Production

    AVERILL (1926)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 6 IN. - 1 FT. THICK FOLLOWS DECOMPOSED DIKE. SHOOT 120 FT. LONG AND 40 FT. HIGH TO SURFACE. ORE OCCURRED IN POCKETS.
Deposit 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS AND A FRACTION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative California resources

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