Nevada Queen

Past Producer in Elko 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10270881
MAS/MILS ID 0320070298
Record type Site
Current site name Nevada Queen
Alternate or previous names Queen Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -116.23263, 41.3216 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 040 N 051 E 34 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -116.23263, 41.3216

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 25, 1936, P. 29-32.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 54, 1957, P. 162-163.

  • Deposit

    NOTE: THIS MINE HAS BEEN DESTROYED BY THE TUSCARORA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPEN PIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-NOV-90 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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