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Silver Queen Group

Past Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Tungsten
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008858
MRDS ID D001318
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Queen Group
Related records 10198922

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.72421, 32.91539 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 32 MILES S 60 W OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kingston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caballo(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila 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 New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 016S 009W 13 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • 1.3 MILES WEST UP MIDDLE PERCHA CREEK FROM THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 180 AND THE MAIN STREET OF KINGSTON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result HAND-SORTED HIGH-GRADE ORE REPORTEDLY CONTAINED 0.17 OZ AU/TON. TRENCH SAMPLE ACROSS ORE OUTCROP REPORTEDLY ASSAYED 0.13 % WO3.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.72421, 32.91539
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Claims Are Located Along A Large Northward Trending Fault.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Confined To Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR GENERAL GEOLOGY SEE KINGSTON DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kingston District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Joe Schoonmaker
    First year 1959

Comments on the production information

  • ACCORDING TO SCHOONMAKER 5 TONS OF AU-AG ORE WAS SHIPPED FROM THIS PROPERTY.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED TO BE 6 INACCESSIBLE SHAFTS OF UNKNOWN DEPTHS AND A FEW SHALLOW PITS AND PROSPECT HOLES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

  • Deposit

    DALE, V.B., AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959, USBM REPT. INV. 5517.

  • Production

    DALE AND MCKINNEY, 1959 RI5517

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BODIES OF QUARTZ UP TO 20 FT WIDE OCCUR ALONG A FAULT AND ORE OCCURS ALONG FRACTURES WITHIN THE QUARTZ.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-74 Elliott, James E. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-FEB-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 09-JUN-95 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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