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May Queen Group

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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  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. Production statistics
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037251
MRDS ID M031212
Record type Site
Current site name May Queen Group
Alternate or previous names Burke Property, May Queen and Pride of the Hills Claims
Related records 10125924

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.63697, 39.7591 (WGS84)
Elevation 2760

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Schellbourne(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kern Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe 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 Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 22N 65E 21 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SUMMIT OF SCHELL CREEK RANGE ABOUT 3 1/2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SCHELLBOURNE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation To 80 Ft.

Analytical data

Result MODULES ASSAY 80% PB AND 80 OZ/T AG
Result 4-20% CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.63697, 39.7591
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Numerous Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissure, Dike

Ore body information

  • General form MODULES
    Strike N5-10W
    Dip 80W
    Thickness 24.38M
    Length 18.29M
    Width 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Crushed Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OUTCROPS (ALONG A FISSURE), 60 FEET LONG AND 10-15 FEET WIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1872
Discoverer Simon Davis

Mining district

District name Aurum (Siegel, Queen Springs Subdistrict)

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Siegel, H. L. And Falkner, F.
    First year 1913

Production statistics

  • Year 1916
    Material ORE PB AG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^5% Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Lead Lead 5wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION AVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • PB-AG ORE YIELDED TO DEPTH OF 80 FEET . 10-12 SHALLOW SHAFTS ALONG STRIKE OF VEIN. 100-FT LONG TUNNEL IN 1873 STRIKING THE LEDGE 150 FT FROM THE SURFACE.

Comments on development

  • GOOD MILLING ORE WAS EXPOSED IN 1873; PROPERTY WAS UNDER DEVELOPMENT IN 1913.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILL, JAMES M. 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, U.S. GEO BULL. 648

  • Deposit

    HOSE, R. K., BLAKE, M. C. JR., AND SMITH, R., 1976, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL 85.

  • Deposit

    , 1907, NBMG FILE 322, ITEM 3, ITEM 9.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

  • Deposit

    RAYMOND, R.W., 1873, USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK, P. 229.

  • Production

    NBMG FILE 332, ITEM 9.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE COUNTRY ROCK IS A BLUE, SOMEWHAT DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE IN BEDS 1 TO 2 FT THICK, WHICH STRIKE N10W AND DIP 40-50W. A VERY MUCH ALTERED FELDSPATHIC PORPHYRY DIKE, SEEN IN INDISTINCT CROPPINGS NORTHWEST OF THE ORE BODY SEEMS TO TREND NORTHEAST AND TO BE 15-20 FT WIDE. THE CROPPINGS ARE 60 FT LONG AND 10 TO 15 FT WIDE AND CONSIST OF LIMONITE AND SMALL AMOUNTS OF ARGENTIFEROUS CERUSITE NODULES OF GALENA SURROUNDED BY CRUSTS OF ANGLESITE AND CERUSITE ARE FOUND AT A DEPTH OF 80 THESE NODULES ARE SAID TO ASSAY ABOUT 80 PER CENT LEAD AND 80 OUNCES SILVER A TON. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit RESIDUAL NODULES OF GALENA SURROUNDED BY CRUSTS OF ANGLESITE AND CERUSSITE ALONG A FISSURE.
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1870'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

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