The Evening Star & Silver Queen Mine is a lead, copper, gold, and silver mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 33.70083, -113.21417
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Evening Star & Silver Queen Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Evening Star & Silver Queen Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Big Horn District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: VEINS AND PODS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shear Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): NORTHERNMOST VEIN ORIENTED N10E 60SW TO N10W 55NW.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment (Production): SOME, NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION
Comment (Workings): 21 M SHAFT AND A 60 M INCLINE.
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S.B.M. CARD FILE.
Reference (Deposit): ALLEN, G.B., 1985, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS OF WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-17, 140 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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