The Manganese Queen Mine is a manganese mine located in Trinity county, California at an elevation of 3,999 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: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 40.41833, -123.17694
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Manganese Queen Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Manganese Queen Mine
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Trinity
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: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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
Not available
Rocks
Name: Chert
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGE GRADE 40 PERCENT MANGANESE
Materials
Ore: Bementite
Ore: Rhodonite
Ore: Rhodochrosite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ORE BODY IS A MASSIVE CRESCENT SHAPED LEDGE ABOUT 140 FT. LONG AND 11 FT. IN MAXIMUM WIDTH. IT AVERAGES 8 FT. IN THICKNESS AND CONSISTS OF A MASS OF RHODONITE, BEMENTITE AND RHODOCHROSITE, IN THIN-BEDDED CHERT, WHICH IS NEAR A MASS OF GREENSTONE. REGIONAL STRIKE IS N. W., AND DIP IS NEARLY VERTICAL. ORE BODY IS BOUNDED BY A VERTICAL FAULT WHICH BRINGS GREENSTONE AGAINST CHERT ABOUT 10 FT. S. W. OF ORE BODY. MUCH OF ROCK CONSISTS OF A MINERAL THAT RESEMBLES BEMENTITE, PERHAPS BROUNITE OR HAUSMANNITE, OR A HYDROUS SILICATE.
Comment (Location): LOCATED IN SE 1/4 SECTION 26 , ALTITUDE GIVEN DOES NOT CORRESPOND WITH SECTION LOCATION, UTM APPROX
References
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 PP. 323 - 330
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 PP. 65 , 200
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