The Queens Peak Mng. Co. is a manganese mine located in Humboldt county, California at an elevation of 2,001 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
Elevation: 2,001 Feet (610 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 40.06917, -124.04444
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Queens Peak Mng. Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Queens Peak Mng. Co.
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Humboldt
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1958
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Coast Ranges
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SORTED ORE GRADE 42 PERCENT MANGANESE, 6 PERCENT IRON, AND LESS THAN 15 PERCENT SILICA.
Materials
Ore: Bementite
Ore: Hausmannite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION APPROXIMATE, UTM APPROX. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED
Comment (Production): FIRST CARLOAD SHIPPED IN OCT. 1958 AND 15 CARLOADS HAVE BEEN SHIPPED SINCE, OF HAND SORTED, HIGH GRADE MANGANESE, ORE RUNNING ABOUT 42 PERCENT MANGANESE, 6 PERCENT IRON, LESS THAN 15 PERCENT SILICA.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT, WORKING FACE EXPOSED WAS ABOUT 125 FT. WIDE AND 200 FT. HIGH.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: BED OF REDDISH-BROWN OXIDE, HAUSMANNITE, IS INTERBEDDED WITH SEDIMENTARY ROCK OF THE FRANCISCAN FORMATION. THE ORE BED IS 6 TO 10 FT THICK, STRIKES N AND DIPS 50 E. THE HAUSMANNITE IS OVERLAIN BY PYRITE-BEARING RED CHERT AND A THICK SEQUENCE OF THIN-BEDDED GRAY SHALE. HAUSMANNITE IS ASSOCIATED WITH BLACK MANGANESE OXIDE, DULL PINK MANGANESE CARBONATE, NEOTOCITE AND BEMENTITE.
Comment (Deposit): THE HAUSMANNITE IS OVERLAIN BY PYRITE-BEARING RED CHERT AND A THICK SEQUENCE OF THIN-BEDDED GRAY SHALE. IT IS ASSOC. WITH BLACK MANGANESE OXIDE, DULL PINK MANGANESE CARBONATE A MANGANESE SILICATE IDENTIFIED AS NEOTOCITE, AND BEMENTITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DOM MIN. INF. SERVICE, V. 12, NO. 12, DEC. 1959, P. 7
Reference (Deposit): MINING WORLD V. 22, NO. 2, 1960, P. 63
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