Silver Queen Property

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Iron, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012036
MRDS ID D007365
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Queen Property
Related records 10301231

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.81223, 39.91688 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 1 MILE W OF ROCK SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goshute Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 018W 31 SE OF NW OF NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Specularite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Goethite Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonite & Jarosite Stains

Analytical data

Result 1970 ASSAY: 1 FT. CHANNEL N. ADIT 0.06 OZ AU, 12.6 OZ AG, 1.10% CU, N. ADIT, TR AU, 22 OZ AG, 0.80% CU
Result DUMP, TR AU, 2.0 AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Ibapah Stock;Rhyolite Dikes
    Rock description Ibapah Stock;Rhyolite Dikes
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Pioche Shale;Prospect Mtn. Quartzite;Goshute Canyon Formation (Host) Member A;Abercrombie Formation
    Rock description Pioche Shale;Prospect Mtn. Quartzite;Goshute Canyon Formation (Host) Mbr. A;Abercrombie Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.81223, 39.91688

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Tilted Fault Block That Dips 20-45 Deg. W. And Faults That Trend N-Nw & W-Nw & Thrust Plate

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 22.86M
    Width 7.62M
    Depth to top 0.91M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • A N 10-15 E System Of Discontinuous Bifurcating Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1963
Discoverer Eugene Timms
Year of first production 1963

Mining district

District name Willow Springs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Eugene Timms
    Home office Callao, Ut

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 6.1M
    Overall length 3.05M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 34 FT ADIT, 50 FT INCLINE, 3 PROSPECT SHAFTS (15 FT, 10 FT, & 17 FT. DEEP) & SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 99, P. 38

  • Deposit

    THOMPSON, K.C. 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS, TOOELE-JUAB COUNTIES, UT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 99

  • Deposit

    BICK, R.F., 1958, STRATIGRAPHY OF DEEP CREEK MTNS, UT: AAPG BULL. V. 43, P. 1064-1069

  • Deposit

    BICK, R.F., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE DEEP CREEK QUAD, WESTERN, UT: NEW HAVEN, CONN., UNIV., UNPUBL. PH.D. DISSERTATION.

  • Deposit

    BICK, R.F., 1966, GEOL. OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS., UT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 77, 120 P.

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 111

  • Deposit

    1966 GEOLMAP UT. GEOL. & M. SURVEY BULL. 77

  • Deposit

    1977 RECON UT. GEOL. & M. SURVEY RI # 117

  • Deposit

    REPORT ON THE DEEP CREEK WILDERNESS WITHDRAWAL AREA AS (WSA) BY BLM, 1979

  • Deposit

    1979 GEOCHEM DOE GJBX-8(80) LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LAB.

  • Production

    THOMPSON, 1970, 1973, UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 99, P. 38

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1980 ASSESSMENT WORK DONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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