The Three Queens is a gold mine located in Placer county, California at an elevation of 1,362 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: 1,362 Feet (415 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.01111, -120.78528
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Three Queens MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Three Queens
Secondary: Four Acres
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: Placer
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
Type: Underground
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: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faulting
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Ankerite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Graphite
Ore: Talc
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): GROUP OF 14 CLAIMS EXTENDING 2 MI. ALONG DIKE OF SERPENTINE AND SCHIST CONTACT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. NW1/4 SE1/4
Comment (Production): 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.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, 3 - 4 FT. THICK.
Comment (Workings): STOPES, DRIFTING, WINZE
References
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964 , MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2 , P. 28 .
Reference (Production): LOGAN ( 1936 ) SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY ( 1961 ).
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1936 , GOLD MINES OF PLACER COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 32 , NO. 1 , P. 38 , 39 .
Reference (Deposit): ROOT, LLOYD I., 1927 , SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: REPORT 23 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES, NO. 3 , P. 250 .
Reference (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
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