Indian Queen Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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. 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. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101630
MRDS ID D005867
Record type Site
Current site name Indian Queen Mine
Alternate or previous names Mountain Queen
Related records 10202837

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.31748, 38.51052 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 1/2 MILE NW OF USMM #1

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Frisco Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sevier Lake(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026S 013W 33 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 NE 1/4 NW 1/4 SECTION 33.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Gangue
Iron Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Contact Metamorphic, Marblization

Analytical data

Result AVE: 10% PB, 340 PPM AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Rock unit name Intrusives And Volcanics (Cactus Stock)
    Rock description Intrusives And Volcanics (Cactus Stock)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Grampian Ls
    Rock description Grampian Ls

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Normal Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N15 W
    Dip 70 W
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 10.06M
    Depth to top 3.05M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures In Ls, And Fault Breccia

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1870
Year of first production 1870

Mining district

District name Newhouse

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner World Industries Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED OVER $100,000 WORTH OF ORE FROM THE SURFACE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.294HA
    Length 1402.08M
    Overall depth 200M
    Overall length 1706.88M
    Overall width 1.83M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 ADIT 4600 FT LONG, DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L I AND MCCARTHY, B M, 1976 LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN - FILE REPORT NO 22

  • Deposit

    HAVENOR, H.E. AND HERBST, V.B., 1908, SOME SALIENT FEATURES OF THE GEOLOGY OF NEWHOUSE, UTAH: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, MS THESIS.

  • Deposit

    1913 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #80

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #111

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALL ORE WAS FROM A NEAR SURFACE POCKET

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

External references