Amador Queen No. 2

The Amador Queen No. 2 is a gold mine located in Amador county, California at an elevation of 1,001 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: Amador Queen No. 2

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: California
County: Amador

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Owner Name: Judge Ralph Mcgee

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

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SULFIDES CONSTITUTE 3 % OF ORE
Analytical Data: GOLD ASSOCIATED WITH SULFIDES ASSAYED $90 - $110/TON.

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Production): CHIEF PRODUCTION WAS PRIOR TO 1900. FROM 1918-1941 MINE OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY WITH A PRODUCTION OF A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS NEARLY EVERY YEAR; WORKED INTERMITTENTLY BY GARIBALDI BROTHERS 1930-1941 AND IN 1948 AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO TREAT THE TAILINGS. IN THE LAST TEN YEARS OF OPERATIONS, PRODUCTION WAS CHIEFLY SPECIMEN ORE

Comment (Commodity): GOLD OCCURS WITH ARSENOPYRITE IN QUARTZ STRINGERS

Comment (Workings): CROSSCUT ADIT 1300 FT., VERTICAL SHAFT 170 FT., 62 DEGREE INCLINED SHAFT 490 FT ON FOOTWALL WITH SHORT CROSSCUT TO HANGING WALL, DRIFTS ON ADIT LEVEL 1200 FT., RAISE FROM ADIT TO SURFACE AT STATE-GREENSTONE CONTACT; ORE SHOOT 1200 FT.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL MIXED WITH SOFT SLATE.

References

Reference (Deposit): CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF AMADOR COUNTY, CAL: CJMG VOL. 50 , P. 167

Reference (Deposit): IRELAN, WM. JR., 1888 , EIGHTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 8 , P. 91

Reference (Deposit): STORM, W.H., MOTHER LODE REGION OF CAL.: CMB BULL 18 , P. 44

Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 16

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