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Silver Queen Mine

Past Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104086
MRDS ID M241197
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Queen Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.89986, 32.95204 (WGS84)
Elevation 1231
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position LOCATED ON THE SW EDGE OF THE TORTILLA MOUNTAINS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crozier Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(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 006S 014E 21 NE OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED 1000 FT SOUTH OF OLD FLORENCE ROAD. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Quartz-Sericite-Pyrite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Ruin Granite
    Rock description Ruin Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.89986, 32.95204
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Large Lcret-Tert Mineralized System With Ew Trending Dikes 3 To 5 Miles North.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Trending Prec Aplite Dikes 1/4 Mile Se, Ew Trending Tertiary Dike 1 Mile East

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E
    Dip 74S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cottonwood District

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED SILVER QUEEN MINING CO, ISAAC ROGERS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM FILE DATA, CLUSTER #639.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    USGS GEOLOGICAL QUADRANGE MAP GQ 1107,1974.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-82 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-MAY-95 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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