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Humboldt Queen

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Antimony, Zinc
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042537
MRDS ID M060360
Record type Site
Current site name Humboldt Queen
Related records 10174372

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.23097, 40.32461 (WGS84)
Elevation 1475
Relative position IN ROLANDS CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rochester(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028N 033E 02 NW OF NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN ROLANDS CANYON; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = UNIONVILLE (1954) 1:625000

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.02 OZ. AU, 26.6 OZ AG, 1.8% PB, 0.19% CU, 0.11% SB, PER TON

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.23097, 40.32461
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Sharp Folds Trending N 10 Degrees E

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Planes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1883
Year of last production 1919

Mining district

District name Sacramento District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Zunini, Laurence
    First year 1919
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ferretto, John
    Home office Lovelock
    Last year 1925

Comments on the production information

  • AMOUNT UNKNOWN, VALUE OF ORE MINED IN 1919 WAS $19-$22/TON

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS, SHORT ADITS, INCLINED AND VERTICAL SHAFTS WITHIN AN AREA ABOUT 1000 FT IN LENGTH AND 300-400 FT WIDE.

Comments on development

  • THE MINE WAS EXTENSIVELY WORKED BETWEEN 1870 AND 1919.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F.L., 1909, MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT, COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 414

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM 1C 6902

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., UNPUB. DATA, 1957

  • Production

    JOHNSON, 1977; VANDERBURG, 1936

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE OCCURS IN QUARTZ VEINS EMPLACED ALONG BEDDING PLANES IN COMPLEXLY FOLDED LIMESTONE. THE NUMBER OF MINERALIZED QUARTZ VEINS AT THE MINE IS DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE BECAUSE SINGLE VEINS ARE INTRICATELY FOLDED AND REPEATED.
Deposit MINE WAS EXTENSIVELY WORKED BETWEEN 1870 AND 1919. TOTAL PRODUCTION IS UNKNOWN BUT THE EXTENT OF DEVELOPMENT AT THE MINE SUGGESTS THAT A LARGE TONNAGE OF ORE WAS REMOVED. THE MINE IS DEVELOPED BY NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS, SHORT ADITS, AND INCLINED AND VERTICAL SHAFTS WITHIN AN AREA ABOUT 1,000 FT. IN LENGTH AND 300 TO 400 FEET IN WIDTH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-DEC-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-DEC-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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