Yucca Mine/Desert Queen Mill

Unknown in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173993
MAS/MILS ID 0320030734
Record type Site
Current site name Yucca Mine/Desert Queen Mill
Alternate or previous names Yucca Mine/Desert Queen

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -114.89252, 35.6808 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Keyhole Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boulder City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump 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 Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026 S 063 E 12 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -114.89252, 35.6808

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Geneva Minerals, Inc.
    ID 2601960
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1988

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DIRECTORY OF MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR

  • Deposit

    1987. MAY, 1988, P. 9.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-96 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 09/08/1986
MSHA mine ID2601960
Mine name (MSHA)Yucca-Queen Mine & Mill
Current operatorGeneva Minerals Inc
Current controller (parent)T D Barnes
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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