Blue Queen Claims

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095742
MRDS ID M241547
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Queen Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Sites 793, 794, 795
Related records 10173958

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.41083, 37.88218 (WGS84)
Elevation 1731

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pioche(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001S 068E 07 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Hydrozincite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Jarosite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES 793, 794 AND 795 CONTAIN, RESPECTIVELY: 200, 50, 50 PPM MN
Result 20, 1, 0 PPM AG
Result 1500, 500, 0 PPM AS
Result 30, 0, 2000 PPM CR
Result 15000, 100, 30 PPM PB
Result 0, 100, 0 PPM SB
Result 300 PPM SR
Result 700, 0, 0 PPM ZN
Result 200, 500, 70 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prospect Mountain Quartzite
    Rock description Prospect Mountain Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.41083, 37.88218

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shearing, Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 90
    Thickness 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pioche District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL PROSPECT PITS, SHAFTS, SURFACE CUTS

Comments on development

  • INACTIVE AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS EXPLORE EXTENSIVE FAULT BRECCIA ZONE. PARALLEL SHEARING NOTED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE FAULT, WHICH IS CEMENTED WITH FE-AND MN-STAINED SILICA. FAULT APPEARS TO HAVE SERVED AS A CONDUIT FOR FINE-GRAINED QUARTZ VEIN/SACCHROIDAL APLITE DIKE MATERIAL (?) WHICH CARRIES VERY FINE-GRAINED, OXIDIZED PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, FRESH GALENA, AND FINE STRINGERS OF TETRAHEDRITE. VERY FINE PYRITE CRYSTALS ARE ALSO DISSEMINATED IN THE QUARTZITE. PORTIONS OF THE BRECCIA ARE GOSSANY, ALMOST "COOKED" WITH PATCHES AND BANDS OF BOTRYOIDAL HEMATITE. FRACTURE SURFACES OF BOTH THE BRECCIA AND QUARTZITE ARE COATED WITH YELLOW-BROWN, PLATY, CRYSTALLINE JAROSITE, POSSIBLY WITH INTERGROWN SPHALERITE CRYSTALS. THE COUNTRY ROCK IN THE VICINITY OF THE VEIN IS LOCALLY SILICIFIED AND THE BRECCIA IS ARGILLICALLY ALTERED. ABUNDANT FE-MN-CU OXIDES STAIN THE FAULT ZONE AND COUNTRY ROCK. THE BRECCIA HAS AN ABUNDANCE OF VERY FINE OPEN-SPACING BETWEEN QUARTZITE FRAGMENTS AND QUARTZ CEMENT. WHITE POWDERY MINERAL IN
Deposit BRECCIA IS POSSIBLY HYDROZINCITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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