Brown Queen

Past Producer in Millard county in Utah, United States with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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. 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 10087001
MRDS ID D004373
Record type Site
Current site name Brown Queen
Related records 10227565

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.3786, 39.21495 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 2 MILES SOUTH OF MARJUM PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Notch Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tule Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tule Valley(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 018S 014W 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 SW 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Garnet Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonite, Scarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Painter Springs Intrusive
    Rock description Painter Springs Intrusive
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Big Horse Ls Member Of The Orr Formation
    Rock description Big Horse Ls Mbr Of The Orr Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.3786, 39.21495

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description The Crest Of A Broad Anticline That Has Been Block Faulted And Tilted Southeast

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR-VEIN
    Strike N30E
    Dip 18SE
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 60.96M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures & Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1951
Discoverer Wilden & Petty

Mining district

District name House Range

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Wilden And Petty
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Comments on the workings information

  • 70 FOOT ADIT, 40 FOOT INCLINE, SEVERAL OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Deposit

    HINTZE, L.F., 1974, PRELIM. GEOL. MAP OF NOTCH PEAK QUAD, MILLARD COUNTY, UTAH: USGS MF 636

  • Deposit

    EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM INFOR. CIR. #8014

  • Deposit

    1876 RECON GILBERT, G.K., 100TH MER. RPT V.3

  • Deposit

    1908 RECON WALCOTT, C.D., SMITHSONIAN MIS. COLL. V 53

  • Deposit

    1951 RECON WHEELER, H.E., UGMS GUIDEBOOK 6

  • Production

    EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM INF. CIRC. 8014

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNPATENTED CLAIMS ARE UP TO DATE AND INCLUDE: BROWN QUEEN, AND BROWN QUEEN 1-7

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

External references