Silver Queen Mine

Prospect in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Mercury, Strontium, Manganese
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097299
MRDS ID M242446
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Queen Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.81121, 37.74188 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mohawk Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002S 038E 19 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • GOOD ROAD EXCEPT FOR LAST MILE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Mercury Tertiary
Strontium Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES FROM THE SHAFT AND VEIN IN ROADCUT WERE ANOMALOUS IN AG (1500 AND 200 PPM), BA, SR, MN, PB, ZN, CU, HG, WITH LESSER AMOUNTS OF AS, SB, BE.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.81121, 37.74188

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 35 E
    Dip 90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Peak District (Red Mountain Subdistrict)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Presently Under Lease To Inspiration Mining Co.
    First year 1984

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT, A 650-FT CROSSCUT AND EXTENSIVE BULLDOZING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION, 5-18-84

  • Deposit

    STEWART, J.M., ET AL., 1974, USGS GQ-1186

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS EXPOSED NE OF THE SHAFT BY A SERIES OF DOZER CUTS ALONG A ROAD. A 650-FT CROSSCUT WAS DRIVEN FROM THE WEST, PERPENDICULAR TO AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET BELOW THE SHAFT. THE DUMP IN FRONT OF THE CROSSCUT SHOWS VERY LITTLE VEIN MATERIAL, SUGGESTING THAT THE VEIN WAS NOT INTERSECTED AT DEPTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.