Golden Queen Mine

Past Producer in Yuma county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Manganese, Gypsum-Anhydrite
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027234
MRDS ID M002569
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Queen Mine
Alternate or previous names Las Flores Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.38884, 32.78536 (WGS84)
Elevation 99
Relative position 1/4 MILE NORTH OF THE TRAEGER WORKINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yuma(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Laguna Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuma(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

El Centro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Gila(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yuma

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 007S 021W 26,35 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Gypsum-Anhydrite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Gypsum Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.38884, 32.78536

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike E
    Dip SW
    Thickness 0.46M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1937

Mining district

District name Laguna District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Production statistics

  • Year 1940
    Period 1860-1940
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.4 Oz Au/Ton, 0.1 Oz Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 3g/mt
    Ore Gold Gold 11g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • DURING 1931 A SMALL QUANTITY OF RICH ORE WAS MINED COMBINED PRODUCTION OF LAS FLORES GROUP.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A FEW SHALLOW OLD STOPES, AND TWO SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D.; 1933; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 134, P. 215.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., CUNNINGHAM, J.B., BUTLER, G.M., 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137, P. 150.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 157.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    (8) KEITH, S.B., 1978

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1992 Orris, Greta J. 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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