Queen of the Hills Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold
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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020024
MRDS ID DC12190
Record type Site
Current site name Queen of the Hills Mine
Alternate or previous names Flavilla, Mahogany
Related records 10276552

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.28386, 40.38494 (WGS84)
Elevation 2566
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 6,000 FT S 38 W OF COMMADORE PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stockton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 005S 004W 15 NE OF NW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Analytical data

Result EARLY ASSAYS OF FIRST CHIMNEY: 20 TO 25 OZ/TON AG, 50% PB
Result EARLY ASSAYS OF SECOND CHIMNEY: 40 OZ./TON AG AND 30% PB
Result EARLY ASSAYS OF THIRD CHIMNEY: 60 OZ./TON AG.
Result ASSAYS AROUND 1932: 19% ZN, 6% PB, 1.4% CU, 7 OZ./TON AG, 30 CENTS/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.28386, 40.38494

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Oquirrh Mtns
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissures Are Cut Off At Depth By Branch Of Mark Antony Fault And A Northeastward Trend Fault

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE
    Strike N 25 W TO N 35 W
    Dip 30 W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intersection Of Bedding And Fissures; Bedding Strikes E And Dips 20 To 25 N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ophir District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Enos Wall Jeffs
    Home office 19510 Wells Drive, Tarzana, Ca. 91356

Comments on the production information

  • OVER 1 MILLION DOLLARS PRODUCTION IN EARLY DAYS; NO MORE THAN 30,000 DOLLARS 1912 TO 1932; PRODUCTION IN YEARS 1870-1877, 1915-1916, 1923, 1926, 1930, 1933, 1936-1937, 1939-1941, 1947

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 12874.75M

Comments on the workings information

  • CLAIMS ARE EXPLORED BY TWO MAIN INCLINES 1,000 AND 1400 FT LONG AND 6 FEET SQUARE; HORIZONTAL DEVELOPMENT IS 1200 FT. 8 MI. OF OPENINGS IF STOPES ARE COUNTED, 12000 FT. IF NOT COUNTED. STOPES REPORTED CAVED IN 1932 BUT HAULAGE WAYS PARTLY ACCESSIBLE.

Comments on development

  • OWNED BY OPHIR-MONO COALITION IN 1932

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADS., UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 155.

  • Deposit

    MITCHELL, H.G., 1925, A GEOLOGICAL REPORT OF THE DRY CANYON DIVISION OF THE OPHIR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: THESIS STANFORD UNIVERSITY.

  • Deposit

    HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES-PART 2, UTAH: USGS BULL. 1135-B.

  • Deposit

    USGS, 1916, 1923, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1926-1947, MINERAL YEARBOOK.

  • Production

    GILLULY, J., P. 155.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PURPOSE OF SURPRISE TUNNEL IS TO EXPLORE FOR THE FAULTED CONTINUATIONS OF THE QUEEN OF THE HILLS ORESHOOTS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit ORE OCCURS ALONG INTERSECTION OF THREE FISSURES WITH BEDDING OF THE LIMESTONE RESULTING IN THREE CHIMNEYS: FIRST WAS 350 FT. LONG, 25 TO 40 FT. WIDE AND 18 IN. TO 2 FT. THICK; SECOND WAS 1,000 FT. LONG, 60 TO 70 FT. WIDE AND 18 IN. TO 2 FT. THICK GENERALLY UPON THE HANGING WALL. THE THIRD CHIMNEY WAS ABOUT THE SAME SIZE AS THE SECOND.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references