The Utah Queen Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 8,301 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,301 Feet (2,530 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.38722, -112.27806
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Utah Queen Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Utah Queen Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Ophir District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Production
Not available
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: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Oquirrh Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: OTHER, UNKNOWN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Oquirrh Mtns.
Type: L
Description: Ophir Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1912-1932 ASSAY: 11 PERCENT PB, 2 PERCENT CU, 20 OZ./TON AG, 60 CENTS/TON AU
Materials
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT THOUGHT TO BE SIMILAR TO KEARSARGE MINE DEPOSIT
Comment (Workings): 900 FT. OF WORKINGS REPORTED BY HUNTLEY IN 1880; COLLAPSED BY 1932
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Production): 250,000 DOLLARS PRODUCTION THROUGH 1925
References
Reference (Deposit): MITCHELL, H.G., 1925, A GEOLOGICAL REPORT ON THE DRY CANYON DIVISION OF THE OPHIR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: THESIS STANFORD UNIVERSITY.
Reference (Deposit): USGS, 1916, 1917, 1918, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTLEY, D.B., 1880, THE MINING INDUSTRIES OF UTAH: U.S. TENTH CENSUS VOL. 13, P. 454.
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 156.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111, P. 367, 379.
Reference (Production): GILLULY, J., 1932, P. 156.
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