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Verde Queen Mine

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Molybdenum
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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. 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. Production statistics
  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 10039598
MRDS ID M050401
Record type Site
Current site name Verde Queen Mine
Related records 10113238

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.63234, 31.86513 (WGS84)
Elevation 1414
Relative position 9 MI SSW OF PANTANO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Empire Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rillito(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 018S 017E 08,17 W OF CENTER (17) Arizona

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Sycamore Canyon Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Sycamore Canyon Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Concha Limestone, Scherrer Formation
    Rock description Concha Limestone, Scherrer Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.63234, 31.86513
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nnw Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, IRREGULAR
    Dip 80SE
    Width 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Formed At Fault Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE AND QUARTZITE ARE IN FAULT CONTACT. NO SIGN OF SULFIDES IN 1973

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1881
Year of first production 1897
Year of last production 1928

Mining district

District name Empire District

Production statistics

  • Year 1928
    Period 1897-1928
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^23% Pb, 5 Oz/T Ag, Minor Cu, Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 141g/mt
    Trace Ore Lead Lead 23wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • SPORADIC PRODUCTION, PARTICULARY PRODUCTIVE 1897-1898, 1905-1908. SOME ORE RAN $4-7/T AU. CHIEF CLAIM ORE AVERAGED $40/T, 12% CU & PB, 2 OZ/T AG, $3/T AU. PRODUCED 1000 TONS 1907-1908. IN 1915 CONSIDERABLE GOOD ORE IN PLACE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 85.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • 280 FT SHAFT WITH 3 LEVELS AT 50, 150, AND 280 FT LEVELS WITH 75, 125, AND 50 FT LENGTHS, RESPECTIVELY

Comments on development

  • LOCATED IN 1896 AND 1897. OPERATORS INCLUDED E.P. HILTON, CALUMET & ARIZONA MINING CO, VERDE QUEEN MINING CO. MINE COMPRISED OF 7 OR 8 CLAIMS ALONG EAST VEIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582

  • Deposit

    FINNELL, 1971, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    CREASEY, S.C., 1973, FIELD EXAM

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050401 WITH RE CORD M030526 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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