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Desert Queen Mine

Past Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, 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. 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. Production statistics
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046285
MRDS ID M241181
Record type Site
Current site name Desert Queen Mine
Alternate or previous names Claims Include Silver Moon, Golden Pea, Western Gold, Golden Chariot, Old Gold, Southern Gold Patent 2852
Related records 10137337

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.89432, 32.60538 (WGS84)
Elevation 351
Relative position ABOUT 3.8 MILES DIRECTLY NORTH OF PRIETA PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Komelik(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Casa Grande(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Rosa Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 009S 005E 31 S2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1983)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Pyritization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Escabrosa Limestone
    Rock description Escabrosa Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.89432, 32.60538
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Bedding Of Limestone Is Ne Trending, Dip
Type of structure Local
Structure description Eastern Fault System 2,200 Ft Long, Western System At Least 1800 Ft Long

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N 60 E
    Dip 50 TO 60 S
    Length 914.4M
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • 2 Ne Trending Fault Systems, Permeability

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE DEPOSITS NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO PORPHYRY SILL HERE, MINERALIZATION IS APPARENTLY POST SILL EMPLACEMENT. REPLACEMENT BODIES FORMED WHERE FAULTS ENCOUNTERED HIGHLY FRACTURED LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895
Year of first production 1906
Year of last production 1938

Production statistics

  • Year 1938
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.03 Oz/T Au, 2 Oz/T Ag, Value $2200
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 56g/mt
    Major Ore Gold Gold 1g/mt

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1986
    Total resources 45000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 56.471 g/mt Silver Major 1986
    Gold Au 5.647 g/mt Gold Minor 1986

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • HAMMER, 1961

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 914.4M
    Overall depth 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • 7 SHALLOW SHAFTS, NUMEROUS CUTS AND PITS, SOME STOPING, HAULAGE ADIT OF 150 FT, UNDERGROUND WORKINGS NOW INACCESSIBLE.

Comments on development

  • ORIGINAL WORK DONE BY DESERT QUEEN GOLD MINING CO. (1905 TO 1907). R.L. DYE WAS OPERATOR IN 1938. 1984-86: APEX DID GEOLOGIC EVALUATION AND SAMPLING; REEVALUATED PREVIOUS DRILL DATA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    HAMMER, DONALD F., 1961, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE JACKRABBIT AREA, PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA: M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF AZ., P. 106-115.

  • Deposit

    TENNEY, 1934, CASA GRANDE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

  • Deposit

    NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    HAMMER, 1961

  • Reserve-Resource

    NIEMUTH, 1987.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1890'S (?)
Deposit VEINS FOLLOW TWO DISTINCT NORTHEAST TRENDING FAULT SYSTEMS WITH REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS IN ADJACENT BRECCIA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Roth, Frances A. (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-FEB-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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