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Highland Queenminemine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037358
MRDS ID M032047
Record type Site
Current site name Highland Queenminemine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1451

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.55278, 37.93996 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 1/2 MILE S OF ARIZONA PEAK, E SIDE OF HIGHLAND RANGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Highland Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
01N 66E 14 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Jasper Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 1451 CONTAINS 20% FE, 20% CA, 1000 PPM MN, 10 PPM AG, 500 PPM AS, 200 PPM BA, 200 PPM CU, 1000 PPM PB, 200 PPM SB, 300 PPM SR, 100 PPM W, 2000 PPM ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mendha;Dunderberg Shale (In Float)
    Rock description Mendha;Dunderberg Shale (In Float)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.55278, 37.93996
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description East Tilted Block, Overridden By Thrust Plates
Type of structure Local
Structure description Slickensides, Faults ?

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone (?)

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IN SILICEOUS REPLACEMENT VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Highland District District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Walker And Bernard
    First year 1939

Comments on the workings information

  • MAP SHOWS 3 ADITS. CAVED SINGLE ADIT (LOWERMOST ONE), STORAGE/CORE SHACK, REMAINS OF RAIL SYSTEM, WATER FLOWING FROM ADIT. ADIT ENTERS IN ALLUVIUM-NO STRUCTURE APPARENT.

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANTZ, C.M., AND PAMPEYAN, EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEV. BUR MINES BULL 73

  • Deposit

    MINING WORLD, 1940, V. 2, NO. 2, P. 31

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, SEPT 20, 1983.

  • Production

    MINING WORLD, 1940; V. 2, NO. 2, P. 31

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISSEMINATED PYRITE CRYSTALS FRESH AND OXIDIZED, COAT FRACTURE SURFACES AND ARE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE CARBONATE. ABUNDANCE OF SLICKENSIDES ON DUMP ROCK SUGGESTS WORKINGS EXPLORED FAULT ZONE CEMENTED WITH QUARTZ(?).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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