| Deposit ID | 10019992 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC12133 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Metal Queen Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.59914, 40.51022 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2463 |
| Relative position | APPROX. 1.5 MI, N60E FROM N. WILLOW LAKE. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
North Willow Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 003S | 007W | 35 | NE OF NE OF SE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Gardner Dolomite | ||||
| Rock description | Gardner Dolomite | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -112.59914, 40.51022 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Deseret Anticline |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | North-South And East-West Faults Of Small Net Slip |
| General form | LENTICULAR AND TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1939 |
| District name | Third Term |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 154.84M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC12133 |
MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE-INVESTIGATION,: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY
RIGBY, J.L., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE STANSBURY MOUNTAINS: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 13, UTAH GEOL. SOCIETY, P. 127
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1940, MINERALS YEARBOOK, P. 454, 462.
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES WAR MINERALS REPORT
1980 GEOLMAP UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
1980 RECON U.S. BUREAU OF MINES-DENVER
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1940, MINERALS YEARBOOK, P. 454, 462
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE ONLY GALENA MINERALIZATION SEEN AT THE MINE WAS IN ONE SHALLOW ADIT ABOVE THE PRINCIPAL ADIT, AS DISSEMINATED GRAINS IN A BRECCIA ZONE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1980 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1992 | Messenger, Harold M. III | U.S. Geological Survey |
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