May Queen Group

The May Queen Group is a lead and silver mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 9,055 feet.

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

Name: May Queen Group  

State:  Nevada

County:  White Pine

Elevation: 9,055 Feet (2,760 Meters)

Commodity: Lead, Silver

Lat, Long: 39.75917, -114.63611

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May Queen Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: May Queen Group
Secondary: Burke Property
Secondary: May Queen and Pride of the Hills Claims


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Aurum (Siegel, Queen Springs Subdistrict)


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Owner Name: Siegel, H. L. And Falkner, F.
Years: 1913 -


Production

Year: 1916
Material type: ORE PB AG
Description: Ap_Grade: ^5% Pb


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1872
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: MODULES


Structure

Type: R
Description: Numerous Faults

Type: L
Description: Fissure, Dike


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation To 80 Ft.


Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 4-20% CU.
Analytical Data: MODULES ASSAY 80% PB AND 80 OZ/T AG


Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Anglesite


Comments

Comment (Workings): PB-AG ORE YIELDED TO DEPTH OF 80 FEET . 10-12 SHALLOW SHAFTS ALONG STRIKE OF VEIN. 100-FT LONG TUNNEL IN 1873 STRIKING THE LEDGE 150 FT FROM THE SURFACE.

Comment (Geology): ORE OUTCROPS (ALONG A FISSURE), 60 FEET LONG AND 10-15 FEET WIDE

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1870'S

Comment (Location): SUMMIT OF SCHELL CREEK RANGE ABOUT 3 1/2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SCHELLBOURNE

Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION AVAILABLE

Comment (Development): GOOD MILLING ORE WAS EXPOSED IN 1873; PROPERTY WAS UNDER DEVELOPMENT IN 1913.

Comment (Deposit): RESIDUAL NODULES OF GALENA SURROUNDED BY CRUSTS OF ANGLESITE AND CERUSSITE ALONG A FISSURE.

Comment (Deposit): THE COUNTRY ROCK IS A BLUE, SOMEWHAT DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE IN BEDS 1 TO 2 FT THICK, WHICH STRIKE N10W AND DIP 40-50W. A VERY MUCH ALTERED FELDSPATHIC PORPHYRY DIKE, SEEN IN INDISTINCT CROPPINGS NORTHWEST OF THE ORE BODY SEEMS TO TREND NORTHEAST AND TO BE 15-20 FT WIDE. THE CROPPINGS ARE 60 FT LONG AND 10 TO 15 FT WIDE AND CONSIST OF LIMONITE AND SMALL AMOUNTS OF ARGENTIFEROUS CERUSITE NODULES OF GALENA SURROUNDED BY CRUSTS OF ANGLESITE AND CERUSITE ARE FOUND AT A DEPTH OF 80 THESE NODULES ARE SAID TO ASSAY ABOUT 80 PER CENT LEAD AND 80 OUNCES SILVER A TON. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT


References

Reference (Deposit): HILL, JAMES M. 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, U.S. GEO BULL. 648

Reference (Deposit): HOSE, R. K., BLAKE, M. C. JR., AND SMITH, R., 1976, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL 85.

Reference (Deposit): , 1907, NBMG FILE 322, ITEM 3, ITEM 9.

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

Reference (Deposit): RAYMOND, R.W., 1873, USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK, P. 229.

Reference (Production): NBMG FILE 332, ITEM 9.


Nevada Gold

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