Manganese Queen Mine

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

Name: Manganese Queen Mine  

State:  California

County:  Trinity

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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