Lead Queen Mine

Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Gold, Silver, Copper
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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048321
MRDS ID M899894
Record type Site
Current site name Lead Queen Mine
Alternate or previous names Cochreham Lead

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.95069, 33.18842 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 1/4 MILE SOUTH OF SCOTT MOUNTAIN, Adit In Ne Quarter, Section 7 Assumed

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hot Tamale Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 003S 014E 7 NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 3 MILES E. OF RAY ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Troy Quartzite
    Rock description Troy Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.95069, 33.18842

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Ese Trending, Dips 70 N, Bedding Se To Ese, Dip 20 Sw

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike EW TO ESE
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 182.88M
    Width 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Bedding Planes, Troy Quartzite, Near Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION AGE AND OVERALL GEOLOGIC SETTING TO RAY SILVER LEAR MINE, 3/4 MILE SOUTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1946
Year of last production 1950

Mining district

District name Mineral Creek District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Steve Cocreham, 1948

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFTS AND STOPES, TUNNEL IS 100 FT, STOPING 30 FT ON EITHER SIDE OF TUNNEL

Comments on development

  • 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADMR LEAD QUEEN FILE

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP GQ 1021, 1971

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-82 Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.