Three Queens

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

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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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