The Dixie Queen Group is a lead mine located in Skamania county, Washington at an elevation of 5,299 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: 5,299 Feet (1,615 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 46.39028, -122.03722
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Dixie Queen Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dixie Queen Group
Secondary: Claims: Star King Group
Secondary: Star Queen Group
Secondary: Chattanooga Group
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Washington
County: Skamania
District: St. Helens District - Ryan Lake Area
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.
Administrative Organization: In Gifford-Pinchot National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: VEIN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON NORTH END OF STRAWBERRY MTN, ABOUT 4 MI NORTHEAST OF POLAR STAR MINE NEAR SUMMIT LAKE. MOEN WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THIS PROPERTY.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, ADIT (ON BARREN QUARTZ VEIN)
Comment (Geology): NO GEOLOGIC INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN REFERENCE; GEOLOGY IS FROM RECENT MAPPING
Comment (Development): PROBABLY NO PRODUCTION
References
Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1977, ST. HELENS AND WASHOUGLA MINING DISTRICTS OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 60, P. 17, 27-28
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