The Queen of Sheba is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 3,760 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 3,760 Feet (1,146 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.33472, -122.86389
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Queen of Sheba MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Queen of Sheba
Secondary: Eton
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Siskiyou
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation To Few Feet Of Depth.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 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.
Materials
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Comments
Comment (Location): UTM EST. NE 1/4
Comment (Deposit): ZONE OF SCHISTOSE SEDIMENTS 600 FT. WIDE.
Comment (Workings): 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.
Comment (Geology): METAMORPHIC BELT BETWEEN SERPENTINE AND GRANODIORITE.
Comment (Deposit): 250 ACRES OF PATENTED LAND. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1935, REDDING FIELD DIVISION: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 31, P. 303-304
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