The Silver Queen Property is a silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 39.91694, -113.81139
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Silver Queen Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Queen Property
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Willow Springs District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Eugene Timms
Home Office: Callao, Ut
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1963
Discovery Year: 1963
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Deep Creek Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin & Range
Type: L
Description: Tilted Fault Block That Dips 20-45 Deg. W. And Faults That Trend N-Nw & W-Nw & Thrust Plate
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonite & Jarosite Stains
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: DUMP, TR AU, 2.0 AG.
Analytical Data: 1970 ASSAY: 1 FT. CHANNEL N. ADIT 0.06 OZ AU, 12.6 OZ AG, 1.10% CU, N. ADIT, TR AU, 22 OZ AG, 0.80% CU
Materials
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Specularite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Goethite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Kaolinite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN
Comment (Deposit): 1980 ASSESSMENT WORK DONE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 34 FT ADIT, 50 FT INCLINE, 3 PROSPECT SHAFTS (15 FT, 10 FT, & 17 FT. DEEP) & SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): BICK, R.F., 1966, GEOL. OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS., UT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 77, 120 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 111
Reference (Deposit): 1966 GEOLMAP UT. GEOL. & M. SURVEY BULL. 77
Reference (Deposit): 1977 RECON UT. GEOL. & M. SURVEY RI # 117
Reference (Deposit): REPORT ON THE DEEP CREEK WILDERNESS WITHDRAWAL AREA AS (WSA) BY BLM, 1979
Reference (Deposit): 1979 GEOCHEM DOE GJBX-8(80) LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LAB.
Reference (Production): THOMPSON, 1970, 1973, UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 99, P. 38
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 99, P. 38
Reference (Deposit): THOMPSON, K.C. 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS, TOOELE-JUAB COUNTIES, UT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 99
Reference (Deposit): BICK, R.F., 1958, STRATIGRAPHY OF DEEP CREEK MTNS, UT: AAPG BULL. V. 43, P. 1064-1069
Reference (Deposit): BICK, R.F., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE DEEP CREEK QUAD, WESTERN, UT: NEW HAVEN, CONN., UNIV., UNPUBL. PH.D. DISSERTATION.
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