Queen Bess Mine

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014852
MRDS ID D011909
Record type Site
Current site name Queen Bess Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.60911, 40.61855 (WGS84)
Elevation 2774
Relative position 10,800 FT N 18 W FROM MT. MILLICENT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brighton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache 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 Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 003E 28 SE OF NE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO DESCRIPTION GIVEN BUT PROBABLY DOMINANTLY PB AND AG, OTHER COMMODITIES MAY BE PRESENT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor Silicification And Bleaching Adjacent To Veins, Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Intermediate Dikes
    Rock description Intermediate Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Humbug Formation;Deseret Limestone
    Rock description Humbug Formation;Deseret Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Gardison and Lodgepole Limestones

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Vinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Northeast Striking Shear Or Normal Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Northeast Striking Fissure

Comments on the geologic information

  • NOT VISITED BY PEOPLE LISTED IN REFERENCES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of last production 1940

Mining district

District name Big Cottonwood District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Solitude Ski Resort

Comments on the workings information

  • FISSURES DEVELOPED BY TUNNELS, THREE ADITS AND TWO SHAFTS LOCATED ON MAP WITHIN PROPERTY BOUNDARIES.

Comments on development

  • MINE NOT OPERATING WHEN VISITED BY B.S. BUTLER IN 1941

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS SAID TO BE A FISSURE VEIN WHICH STRIKES NORTHEASTERLY AND APPEARS TO BE RELATED TO A DIKE
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1984 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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