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Queen of the West Claim

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045853
MRDS ID M233694
Record type Site
Current site name Queen of the West Claim
Alternate or previous names Queen of the Hills ?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.6942, 38.20662 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 3.5 AIRMILES S32E FROM NYALA (MORMON WELL)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nyala(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn Canyon Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad 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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004N 06E 17,16 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • BETWEEN WILLOW CREEK AND GOLD CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.6942, 38.20662
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Bedding Planes Near Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Willow Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRON-STAINED SILICEOUS MATERIAL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-82 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.

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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