Deposit ID | 10086481 |
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MRDS ID | X024418 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Three Queens |
Alternate or previous names | Four Acres |
Related records | 10237158 |
Geographic coordinates: | -120.7863, 39.011 (WGS84) |
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Elevation | 415 |
Relative position | 1 MI. N OF THE MIDDLE FORK AMERICAN RIVER 2 MI. SE FOREST HILL. |
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Country | State | County |
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United States | California | Placer |
Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
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Mount Diablo | 014N | 011E | 31 | California |
Commodity | Importance |
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Gold | Primary |
Lead | Secondary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Ankerite | Ore |
Gold | Ore |
Graphite | Ore |
Talc | Ore |
Quartz | Gangue |
Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite |
(1) | -120.7863, 39.011 |
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Type of structure | Local |
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Structure description | Faulting |
Strike | NW |
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Dip | 40 NE |
Thickness | 1.22M |
Development status | Past Producer |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
Deposit size | Small |
Significant | No |
Ownership category | National Forest |
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Type of workings | Underground |
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Length | 131.06M |
Overall depth | 80.77M |
Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | X024418 |
LOGAN, C. A., 1936 , GOLD MINES OF PLACER COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 32 , NO. 1 , P. 38 , 39 .
ROOT, LLOYD I., 1927 , SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: REPORT 23 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES, NO. 3 , P. 250 .
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
SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964 , MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2 , P. 28 .
LOGAN ( 1936 ) SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY ( 1961 ).
Subject category | Comment text |
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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 |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 01-MAY-1979 | Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) | U.S. Geological Survey |