Iron Queen Mine

Past Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Iron, Zinc, Lead
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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027173
MRDS ID M002374
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Queen Mine
Related records 10186510

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.2563, 34.44449 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position NEAR POLAND JUNCTION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poland Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 012N 001E 04 SW OF SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 4.5 MILES NORTH OF MAYER, ARIZONA

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE WAS USED AS FLUX FOR OTHER RICHER ORES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Specularite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Albite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Marcasite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization, Silicification

Analytical data

Result 2 - 2.75 % CU
Result 38 % FE
Result 0.025 OZ. AU/TON
Result 1 OZ. AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Same As N30a
    Rock description Same As N30a
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Bedding Trends N20e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Foliation Trends N15e

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N20E
    Dip 75W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphy

Comments on the geologic information

  • MASSIVE SULFIDE LENS IN METARHYOLITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Big Bug District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 782, P. 140

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, C.A. AND BLACET, P.M., 1972 , PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN BRADSHAW MOUNTAINS, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1336 , P. 74

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Dewitt, Ed H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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