Lead Queen Prospect

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Reserves and resources
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019985
MRDS ID DC12124
Record type Site
Current site name Lead Queen Prospect
Alternate or previous names Lead Ore Mine, Humdinger Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.58053, 40.62826 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 2 MI. WEST OF LITTLE MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Flux(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001S 007W 24 NW4 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • AT THE HEAD OF A TRIBUTARY CANYON OF MINERS CANYON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Cerussite Ore
Galena Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result REMAINING ORE, SELECTED-CHIP SAMPLE: CU, .006 PERCENT
Result PB, 1.84 PERCENT
Result ZN, .46 PERCENT
Result AU, .003 OZ/TON
Result AG, .07 OZ/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Gardner Dolomite
    Rock description Gardner Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.58053, 40.62826

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Deseret Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Broad Canyon Reverse Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR IRREGULAR
    Strike N15W
    Dip 65W
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 50.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Broad Canyon Reverse Fault, Striking North, May Have Been A Feeder Zone.

Comments on the geologic information

  • SULPHIDE ORE IN IRREGULAR PODS AND LENSES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Free Coinage

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Oliver And Olive Peasnall

Production statistics

  • Year 1942
    Period To 1942
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^35-40% Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 38wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • TEST LOT OF PB-ZN ORE SHIPPED TO SMELTER IN 1943.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Indicated 226000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 1.84 wt-pct Lead Major 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 252.98M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS AND ONE FILLED-IN SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: PERRY, L.I., AND MCCARTHY, B, 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: OPEN FILE REPORT 11 GMS

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1979, UNPATENTED MINING CLAIM FILES 136543-136546.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, ACCESS ROAD REPORT.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1943, MINERALS YEARBOOK, P. 481.

  • Deposit

    1976 RECON UGMS, LEAD-ZINC OPEN-FILE REPOR

  • Production

    USBM MIN. YEARBOOK 1943, P. 481

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PORTAL TO THE PRINCIPAL ADIT, ON LEAD QUEEN NO. 3, WAS PADLOCKED AT THE TIME OF THE UGMS INVESTIGATION RECORD NOS. DC 12124, DC 12110. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1975 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1981 Messenger, Harold M. III U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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