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Three Queens

Past Producer in Placer county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086481
MRDS ID X024418
Record type Site
Current site name Three Queens
Alternate or previous names Four Acres
Related records 10237158

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.7863, 39.011 (WGS84)
Elevation 415
Relative position 1 MI. N OF THE MIDDLE FORK AMERICAN RIVER 2 MI. SE FOREST HILL.
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 011E 31 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. NW1/4 SE1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ankerite Ore
Gold Ore
Graphite Ore
Talc Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.7863, 39.011
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Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 40 NE
    Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Best Ore Reported In Serpentine Dike Footwall Where Ankerite Stamed By Mariposite. High-Grade Ore Along Quartz Vein Hanging Wall, Formed By Repeated Offsetting.

Economic information

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 production information

  • OVER $100,000 AU REPORTED MINED VIA SEVERAL ADITS. WORKED IN LATE 1800'S, SPORADICALLY INTO 1930'S. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 131.06M
    Overall depth 80.77M

Comments on the workings information

  • STOPES, DRIFTING, WINZE

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS X024418

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1936 , GOLD MINES OF PLACER COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 32 , NO. 1 , P. 38 , 39 .

  • Deposit

    ROOT, LLOYD I., 1927 , SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: REPORT 23 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES, NO. 3 , P. 250 .

  • Deposit

    CHANDRA, D. B., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE COLFAX AND FORRESTHILL QUADRANGLES, CALIFORNIA: SPECIAL REPORT 67 , CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES, P. 47 . , P1.3, P1.3

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964 , MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2 , P. 28 .

  • Production

    LOGAN ( 1936 ) SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY ( 1961 ).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 3 - 4 FT. THICK.
Deposit GROUP OF 14 CLAIMS EXTENDING 2 MI. ALONG DIKE OF SERPENTINE AND SCHIST CONTACT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey