Desert Queen

Past Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10137337
MRDS ID M241181
MAS/MILS ID 0040210301
Record type Site
Current site name Desert Queen
Alternate or previous names Silver Moon, M S 3176 Pat., Western Gold M S 2852,Pat., Golden Pea M S 3176 Pat, Southern Gold M S 2852,Pat, Golden Chariot M S 2852,Pat., Old Gold M S 2852 Pat.
Related records 10046285

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.88931, 32.6004 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Komelik(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Casa Grande(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Aguirre Valley(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 009 S 005 E 31 S2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.88931, 32.6004

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS 15 SILVER REEF MTS QUAD

  • Deposit

    BLM MINING DIST SHEETS 556,562

  • Deposit

    TENNEY,JAMES HISTORY OF MINING IN AZ 1927-29 P 337-338

  • Deposit

    TENNEY J B FCONOMIC GEOLOGICAL TECONN OF CASA GRANDE MINING

  • Deposit

    DISTRICT AZBM 1934 P 22-23

  • Deposit

    HAMMER,DONALD F GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE JACKRABBIT

  • Deposit

    AREA PINAL COUNTY,AZ MS UOFA 1961

  • Deposit

    ADMR DESERT QUEEN MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    USAEC PRELIM RECONN REPORT 172-488 1953 P 8

  • Deposit

    ADMR U FILE

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

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