The Lead Queen Prospect is a zinc and lead mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.62833, -112.57972
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Lead Queen Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lead Queen Prospect
Secondary: Lead Ore Mine
Secondary: Humdinger Group
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Free Coinage
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Oliver And Olive Peasnall
Production
Year: 1942
Time Period: To 1942
Description: Cp_Grade: ^35-40% Pb
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Basin And Mountains, Stansbury Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Deseret Anticline
Type: L
Description: Broad Canyon Reverse Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AG, .07 OZ/TON
Analytical Data: AU, .003 OZ/TON
Analytical Data: ZN, .46 PERCENT
Analytical Data: PB, 1.84 PERCENT
Analytical Data: REMAINING ORE, SELECTED-CHIP SAMPLE: CU, .006 PERCENT
Materials
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Cerussite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): AT THE HEAD OF A TRIBUTARY CANYON OF MINERS CANYON.
Comment (Production): TEST LOT OF PB-ZN ORE SHIPPED TO SMELTER IN 1943.
Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS AND ONE FILLED-IN SHAFT
Comment (Geology): SULPHIDE ORE IN IRREGULAR PODS AND LENSES.
Comment (Deposit): PORTAL TO THE PRINCIPAL ADIT, ON LEAD QUEEN NO. 3, WAS PADLOCKED AT THE TIME OF THE UGMS INVESTIGATION RECORD NOS. DC 12124, DC 12110. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: PERRY, L.I., AND MCCARTHY, B, 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: OPEN FILE REPORT 11 GMS
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1979, UNPATENTED MINING CLAIM FILES 136543-136546.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, ACCESS ROAD REPORT.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1943, MINERALS YEARBOOK, P. 481.
Reference (Deposit): 1976 RECON UGMS, LEAD-ZINC OPEN-FILE REPOR
Reference (Production): USBM MIN. YEARBOOK 1943, P. 481
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