The Queen Mine is a gold, platinum, and silver mine located in Albany county, Wyoming at an elevation of 9,678 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,678 Feet (2,950 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Platinum, Silver
Lat, Long: 41.27333, -106.16583
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Mine Description
A 90 foot shaft was sunk in amphibolite and metagabbro emplaced in hornblendic and felsic gneiss. The rocks exposed in the shaft are cut by numerous small faults and veins of calcite and pegmatite. The faults commonly contain up to an inch of gouge, some of which is rich in sulphides, and may include thin calcite seams. Some of the gouge material collected in 1924 by Hess (1926, p. 133) assayed 0.03 oz. platinum, 0.05 oz. iridium, and less than 1 oz. silver per short ton, with a trace of gold. Dump samples assayed by the NRRI in 1961 contained only copper and iron.
Source: The Centennial Ridge Gold-Platinum District, Albany County, Wyoming, 1968. The Geological Survey of Wyoming.
Queen Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Queen Mine
Secondary: Queen Shaft
Secondary: Centennial Ridge District
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Platinum
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Iridium
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Albany
District: Centennial Ridge 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: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: VEINS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Mullen Creek-Nash Fork Shear Zone
Type: L
Description: Small Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CONVERTED TO PPM FROM OZ/TON). DUMP ASSAYS CONTAIN SOME CU
Analytical Data: PT=1.03 PPM, IR=1.7 PPM, AG=LESS THAN 34.3 PPM, TR GOLD IN GOUGE SAMPLE (HESS
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): "A 90 ft shaft was sunk in amphibolite and metagabbro emplaced in hornblendic and felsic gneiss. The rocks exposed in the shaft are cut by numerous small faults and veins of calcite and pegmatite. The faults commonly contain up to an inch of gouge, some of which is rich in sulphides, and may include thin calcite seams. Some of the gouge material collected in 1924 by Hess (1926, p. 133) assayed 0.03 oz platinum, 0.05 oz iridium, and less than 1 oz silver per short ton, with a trace of gold. Dump samples assayed by the NRRI in 1961 (table 1) contained only copper and iron." [McCallum, 1968, p. 10]
Comment (Deposit): RECORD W032388 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT
Comment (Deposit): 1 INCH GOUGE; UNPUBLISHED MODEL NAME: NEW RAMBLER CU-AU-PGE.
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE; SMALL PRODUCTION PRESUMED
Comment (Location): IN MEDICINE BOW NATIONAL FOREST
References
Reference (Deposit): MCCALLUM, M.E., 1968, THE CENTENNIAL RIDGE GOLD-PLATINUM DISTRICT, ALBANY COUNTY, WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING PRELIMINARY REPORT 7, P. 9-10.
Pages: p. 9, 10.
Reference (Deposit): HESS, F.L., 1926, PLATINUM NEAR CENTENNIAL, WYOMING: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 780-C, P. 133.
Pages: p. 133.
Reference (Deposit): HAUSEL, 1989, THE GEOLOGY OF WYOMING'S PRECIOUS METAL LODE AND PLACER DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 68, P. 100.
Pages: p. 100.
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