Queen Mine

Past Producer in Catron county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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 10012408
MRDS ID D008017
Record type Site
Current site name Queen Mine
Alternate or previous names Claim Patented In 1884, Copper Queen, Apache Group Patented In 1936, Apache, Geronimo, Victorio, Unpatented Claim, Admiral Dewey
Related records 10296219

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.79231, 33.41787 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position ABOUT 21 MILES S 6 W OF RESERVE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Catron(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mogollon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mogollon Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Francisco(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Catron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 010S 019W 22 SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT OF THE QUEEN MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Highly Silicified Fault Zone.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Last Chance Andesite;Mogollon Andesite
    Rock description Last Chance Andesite;Mogollon Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.79231, 33.41787

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mineralization Occurs Along A Northeast-Striking Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike QUEEN VEIN N 5 TO 20 E
    Dip 75 TO 85 SE
    Thickness 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1935

Mining district

District name Mogollon Mountains Area: Mogollon District; Cooney District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cooney Mining Co., Inc.
    First year 1936
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. Hoover And W. H. Wetherby
    First year 1936

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 243.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1927 CONSISTED OF AN ADIT WHICH WAS CAVED ABOUT 800 FT. FROM THE PORTAL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 91-201

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, D.B., 1920 TRANSACTIONS OF AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS, VOL 63, P. 289-310

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1921 USGS BULL 715-L, P. 171-204

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1927 USGS BULL 787, 100 PAGES

  • Deposit

    ELSTON, W.E., 1978 NMGS SPECIAL PUBLICATION NO. 7, P. 107-113

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 171 AND 2045, AND ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM, COVERING A TOTAL OF ABOUT 100 ACRES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references