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Cripple Queen Mine

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045355
MRDS ID M233062
Record type Site
Current site name Cripple Queen Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.69458, 39.08352 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 0.7 MILE SE OF TERRELL; EAST OF LOMA MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Terrill Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 029E 12,13 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNCERTAIN OF EXACT LOCATION ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.69458, 39.08352
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 60 NE
    Thickness 0.76M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1913
Year of first production 1913

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 56.39M

Comments on the workings information

  • 185-FT ADIT-TUNNEL DRIVEN NW, OF WHICH THE LATTER HALF CROSSCUTS THE MINERALIZED ZONE DIAGONALLY.

Comments on development

  • E-W GROUP OF 7 CLAIMS ON A WIDE MINERALIZED ZONE CONTAINING A 2.5-FT VEIN OF $22,00 ORE (1913).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.G., (1947), USGS OFR

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A WIDE MINERALIZED ZONE CONTAINING A 2.5 FT WIDE VEIN OF $22,00 ORE (1913)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-81 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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