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Queen Canyon Mine

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Silver, Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044542
MRDS ID M232006
Record type Site
Current site name Queen Canyon Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.349, 37.89382 (WGS84)
Elevation 2585
Relative position 2.25 MILES W-NW OF MUSTANG MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Montgomery(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crowley Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo 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 Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 033E 31 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 6 AIRMILES S15W FROM MOUNT MONTGOMERT AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF QUEEN CANYOM, ABOUT A MILE FROM ITS MOUTH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Rock unit name Palmetto Formation
    Rock description Palmetto Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.349, 37.89382
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Buena Vista District; Oneota, Basalt, Mount Montgomery District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CROWDER, D.F., ROBINSON, P.F., HARRIS, D.L., 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BENTON QUADRANGLE, MONO COUNTY, CALIF. AND ESMERALDA AND MINERAL COUNTIES, NEV.: USGS MAP GQ-1013

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.P. AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, NBMG BULL 78.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1979, MILS DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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