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Goldfield May Queen Mining Co. Property

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047040
MRDS ID M242282
Record type Site
Current site name Goldfield May Queen Mining Co. Property
Alternate or previous names Yankee Doodle, Desert Rose, May Queen Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.22952, 37.73912 (WGS84)
Elevation 1722
Relative position ABOUT 0.9 AIRMILE N 15 W FROM TOP OF COLUMBIA MT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002S 042E 26 NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • WEST OF AND ADJACENT TO THE SANDSTORM MINE. UTM IS TO APPROXIMATE CENTER OF CLAIM BLOCK WHICH EXTENDS FOR ABOUT 250 M IN ALL DIRECTIONS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.22952, 37.73912
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Caldera Ring Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1902
Discoverer Harry Stimler And William Marsh Of Tonopah, Grubstaked By Jim Butler And Tom Kendall
Year of first production 1904

Mining district

District name Goldfield District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • CLAIMS WERE LOCATED 1902-1903. MAY QUEEN MINING CO. WAS INCORPORATED IN JUNE, 1904. SMALL ORE SHIPMENTS WERE BEING MADE FROM THE YANKEE DOODLE CLAIM BY LATE 1904

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1982, THE STORY OF GOLDFIELD; NEVADA HISTORICAL SOC. PRESS, CARSON CITY, NEVADA, 240 P.

  • Deposit

    NBMG REPORT 33, P. 77-86

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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