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Nevada Queen

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045530
MRDS ID M233297
Record type Site
Current site name Nevada Queen
Alternate or previous names Queen

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.22899, 41.32018 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 040N 051E 34 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Analytical data

Result AVE VALUE OF ORE PRODUCED WAS $39/TON (NOLAN)

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.22899, 41.32018
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissures

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1875

Mining district

District name Tuscarora

Comments on the production information

  • AVERAGE VALUE OF ORE AT TIME OF PRODUCTION WAS $39/TON.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH R. M. (1976-56) MINERAL RES. OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    NOLAN T. B. (1936) TUSCARORA MINING DISTRICT, ELKO, CO. NEV., NEV. BUR OF MINES BULL 25

  • Production

    NOLAN, T. B. (1936)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TYPICAL BONANZA-TYPE EPITHERMAL VEIN DEPOSIT.
Deposit TYPICAL BONZANZA TYPE EPITHERMAL VEIN DEPOSIT ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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