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Queen Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014756
MRDS ID D011671
Record type Site
Current site name Queen Mine
Alternate or previous names Copper Queen

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.07144, 32.82094 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santa Rita Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
017S 012W 15 S2 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Fierro-Hanover Stock
    Rock description Fierro-Hanover Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.07144, 32.82094
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Fierro-Hanover District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARRER, C. M., AND KELLY, F. J., 1963, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8190, P. 28-29

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPLACEMENT OF PALEOZOIC LIMESTONE ALONG EAST SIDE OF FIERRO-HANOVER STOCK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1984 Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey

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