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Iron Queen Deposit

Producer in Plumas county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Manganese
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109379
MRDS ID M020082
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Queen Deposit
Related records 10237157

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.00383, 40.12598 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 MI. N. W. OF CRESCENT MILLS, 5 MI. W OF GREENVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Canyondam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Almanor(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Branch North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Plumas 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 Plumas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026N 009E 07,08 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM APPROX

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ESTIMATED RESERVES OF 50 TONS

Analytical data

Result ESTIMATED 15 TO 40 PERCENT MANGANESE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.00383, 40.12598
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip NEAR VERTICAL

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DEPOSIT IS SMALL BED IN GOLD WORKINGS. A FEW TONS OF MANGANESE OXIDES AND SILICATES FOUND ON THE DUMP. THE ORE BODY STRIKES N. W., AND DIPS NEARLY VERTICAL. ABUNDANCE OF MANGANESE SILICATES AND LOCATION NEAR CREEK BOTTOM SUGGEST OXIDED ORE IS SHALLOW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 175

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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