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Queen Lode

Plant in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10149353
MAS/MILS ID 0320070364
Record type Site
Current site name Queen Lode

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.43153, 41.0552 (WGS84)
Elevation 1860
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santa Renia Fields(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 037 N 049 E 27 SWNW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Chert Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.43153, 41.0552
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 65N
    Thickness 6M
    Length 300M
    Width 90M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 MASSIVE
    Shape of Orebody #3 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N30E:65N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830714
  • Area 75HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 75
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1938
Year of first production 1976
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation

Mining district

District name Bootstrap District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Nl Baroid/Nl Industries, Inc.
    ID 2601148
    Interest 100
    Home office Texas
    Year 1983

Production statistics

  • Year 1976
    Description Flotation Concentrate/ Queen Lode Deposi 34404 Tonnes Annual Production
  • Year 1977
    Description Flotation Concentrate/ Queen Loke Deposi 7705 Tonnes Annual Production
  • Year 1980
    Description Flotation Concentrate/ Queen Lode Deposi 28773 Tonnes Annual Production
  • Year 1981
    Description Flotation Concentrate/ Queen Lode Deposi 9871 Tonnes Annual Production

Comments on the production information

  • MILL: DUNPHY SIDING (48 KM SOUTH OF MINE), FLOAT., GRINDING. MILL PRODUCES FINE GROUND BARITE, SHIPPED TO AK, WEST COAST AND INTERMOUNTAIN MARKETS, MILL ON STANDBY.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MATRIX 1 COL 1 REFLECTS QUEEN LODE RESOURCES (FLOTATION ORE). S.G.= 3.65. THE QUANTITY REPORTED (1,464,000 MT) IS NOT WELL SUBSTANTIATED AND SHOULD BE TREATED ACCORDINGLY. NO RESERVES OR RESOURCE FIGURES ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH PUBLISHED SOURCES. THIS TONNAGE AND GRADE IS REPORTED ALSO IN MATRIX 4, COL 1 OF SEQUENCE NO. 0320070094 (ROSSI MINE) THIS LATTER SEQUENCE NO. DESCRIBES THE ROSSI MINE WHICH IS COMPOSED OF MANY OREBODIES OF WHICH THE QUEEN LODE IS ONLY ONE.
  • NO PUBLISHED RESERVE-RESOURCE INFORMATION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 3HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .45
    Percent Waste Rock 78.9
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 196
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost 14.27
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 280
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    77. CARLSON, G. N., AND R. A. BAUER. BARITE - U.S.

  • Deposit

    PRODUCTION CONTINUES STRONG, SETS RECORD AT 2.4 MILLION

  • Deposit

    S.T. ENG. AND MIN. J., V. 183, NO. 3, 1982, PP. 135-136.

  • Deposit

    95. COOPE, B. M. (ED.). WORLD BARYTES PRODUCERS - A

  • Deposit

    REVIEW. IND. MIN. (LONDON), NO. 130, 1978, PP. 39-40.

  • Deposit

    123. DUNHAM, A. C., AND J. S. HANOR. CONTROLS ON BARITE

  • Deposit

    MINERALIZATION IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES. ECON. GEOL.

  • Deposit

    AND BULL. SOC. ECON. GEOL., V. 62, NO. 1, 1967,

  • Deposit

    PP. 82-94.

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    226. GRANGER, A. E., M. M. BELL, G. C. SIMMONS, AND F.

  • Deposit

    LEE. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY,

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    NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 54, 1957, 190

  • Deposit

    PP.

  • Deposit

    278. HOPE, R. A., AND R. R. COATS. PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC

  • Deposit

    MAP OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. OPEN-FILE

  • Deposit

    MAP 76-779, 6 SHEETS, 1976, SCALE 1:100,000.

  • Deposit

    392. MAHONEY, S. R. BARITE INDUSTRY CUTS BACK, FACES

  • Deposit

    SEVEN NEGATIVE FACTORS. NV MIN. ASSOC. BULL., V. 6,

  • Deposit

    NO. 3, 1982, PP. 4-5.

  • Deposit

    546. PAPKE, K. BARITE DEPOSITS IN NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES

  • Deposit

    AND GEOL. BULL. 98, 1984, 125 PP.

  • Deposit

    669. SMITH, R. M. MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. OFR 76-56, 1976, 194 PP.

  • Deposit

    688. STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS

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    ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982. DEP. IND. RELATIONS, NV

  • Deposit

    DIV. MINE INSP., 1983, 60 PP.

  • Deposit

    775. WARREN, R. E. MINE CLOSURES SIGNAL DRAMATIC

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    TURN-DOWN IN MINING INDUSTRY. NV MIN. ASSOC. BULL., V. 6,

  • Deposit

    NO. 3, 1982, PP. 1-3, 20.

  • Deposit

    778. WATSON, I. BARYTES - U.S. DRILLING DOWNTURN WEIGHS

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    HEAVILY ON THE MARKET. IND. MIN. (LONDON), NO. 183, 1982,

  • Deposit

    PP. 21-57.

  • Deposit

    796. WHITE, L. NEVADA BARITE OUTPUT UP SHARPLY

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    IN '70'S. PAPER IN ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL

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    OPERATING HANDBOOK OF MINERAL SURFACE MINING AND

  • Deposit

    EXPLORATION, ED. BY R. HOPPE. MCGRAW-HILL, V. 2, 1978,

  • Deposit

    PP. 444-445.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY IS MEDIUM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-JUL-88 Overbay, D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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