Mine detail: Dixie Queen

Previously called 'Big FourBonanzaBig Bonanza'

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Location: Modoc County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.9718, -120.19383
dep_id: 10102930
mrds_id: M010168
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: VEIN
model: 151: Epithermal vein, Sado
alteration: Oxidation, Rhyolite Is Silicified
Reporter: Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.), Mateik, R. (Albers, J.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Warner Mountains, Rhyolite Strikes N60e
tectonic: Basin And Range
References:
  • Deposit:: AVERILL, C.V., 1929, MODOC COUNTY, IN 25TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING, P. 13-14.
  • Deposit:: HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 594, P. 46.
  • Deposit:: TUCKER, W.B., 1919, MODOC COUNTY, IN 15TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 245-246.
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