The Tungsten Queen is a tungsten mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,201 feet.
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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: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 38.81417, -114.34056
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Tungsten Queen MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tungsten Queen
Secondary: Canary Yellow Mine
Secondary: Usbm Sample Localities #186-193
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Sho Shone (Minerva, Lexington, Tungsten) District
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1954
Time Period: 1954
Material type: ORE W
Description: Cp_Grade: ^ Avg 1.0 % Wo3
Year: 1943
Time Period: 1942-1943
Material type: WO3
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.4-4.2% W03
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults, E Striking, 40-70 Deg N Dipping
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1981 SAMPLES ASSAYED 0-0.5 OZ/T AG, 0-0.27% W.
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE OCCURS IN A QUARTZ VEIN 1.5-6 FT WIDE. AN ORE SHOOT 130 FT LONG CONTAINED ORE THAT ASSAYED 0.4-4.2% WO3.
Comment (Development): OWNED BY CALICO TUNGSTEN CO. DURING WWII, AND MORE MINING WAS DONE IN 1954.
Comment (Workings): CROSSCUT ADIT 85 FT LONG WITH A DRIFT ON THE VEIN 11O FT LONG WITH A RAISE AND A STOPE TO THE SURFACE.
Comment (Geology): ORE BODY IS A SCHEELITE ORE SHOOT IN VEINS OF QUARTZ AND CALCITE ALONG FAULTS. THE SCHEELITE OCCURS MAINLY IN COARSE CRYSTAL AGGREGATES OR IN VEINLETS IN QUARTZ, COMMONLY ALONG THE FOOT WALL SIDE OF THE VEINS
Comment (Reserve-Resource): INCLUDES BOTH "INDICATED" AND "INFERRED" ORE.
Comment (Production): ORE GRADE RANGED FROM .3% WO3 TO ABOUT 2.5%
References
Reference (Production): STAGER, H.K., IN PREPARATION.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): LEMMON, D.M., 1944, USGS OFR
Reference (Deposit): HOSE, BLAKE, & SMITH 1976, GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO, NEV. NEV BUREAU OF MINES & GEO. BULL 85
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K., NBMG BULL IN PREPARATION ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG FILE 332, ITEM 3, MINE MAP.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., 1944, USGS OFR; NBMG FILE 332, ITEM 9
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, MILS DATA
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, OFR MLA-68-83.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
