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Queen Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104115
MRDS ID M242124
Record type Site
Current site name Queen Mine
Alternate or previous names Indian Queen

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.31788, 37.88965 (WGS84)
Elevation 2804
Relative position ABOUT 6 1/4 AIR MILES DUE SOUTH OF TOWN OF MOUNT MONTGOMERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Montgomery(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crowley Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo 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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001S 033E 04,05, Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON GARNER RIDGE AT HEAD OF QUEEN CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Alunite Gangue
Clay Gangue
Iron Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Inyo Batholith
    Rock description Inyo Batholith
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Palmetto Formation
    Rock description Palmetto Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.31788, 37.88965
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne-Trending Fault; Other Structures Noted Trend N20-40w, 90; N80e, 75se; N-S, 40e.

Ore body information

  • Dip 70 NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1862
Year of first production 1873

Mining district

District name Buena Vista, (Oneota, Basalt, Or Mount Montgomery) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gold-Spor Mining Co.
    First year 1982

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS AND PITS SHOWN ON TOPO SHEET. 3 ADITS WITH SUBSTANTIAL DUMPS, CUTS ON CREST OF RIDGE ABOVE ADITS EXPLORE DEPOSIT. OLD CABIN RUINS, MILL AND MINE PLANT REMAINS DATE BACK TO 1870'S.

Comments on development

  • PRODUCED FROM 1873-?; REVIVED IN 1905, 1907. RECENT WORK (1982) HAS CONSISTED OF SAMPLING DUMPS, SOME UNDERGROUND REHABILITATION, NOT VERY EXTENSIVE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.P. AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NV; N.B.M.G. BULL. 78

  • Deposit

    MILS, 1979, USBM

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, P. 140

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION ON 12 AUGUST 1982.

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP GO-1013

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UPPER ADIT ON RIDGE EXPLORES N50E SHEAR ZONE WHICH APPEARS TO FLATTEN AND ROLL OVER. IT IS DIPPING 70 NW AT PORTAL. ROCK IS HIGHLY SHEARED WITH IRON AND MANGANESE OXIDES ON FRACTURES. CLAY AND ALUNITE (?) OCCUR ON SOME FRACTURE SURFACES. MOST OLD ADITS TREND N30-40W, EXTENDING BACK UNDER AREA COVERED BY RHYOLITE AT SURFACE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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