The Verde Queen Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,639 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: 4,639 Feet (1,414 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.865, -110.63167
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Verde Queen Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Verde Queen Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Empire District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1928
Time Period: 1897-1928
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^23% Pb, 5 Oz/T Ag, Minor Cu, Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1897
Year Last Production: 1928
Discovery Year: 1881
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Nnw Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor Silicification
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Wulfenite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): LOCATED IN 1896 AND 1897. OPERATORS INCLUDED E.P. HILTON, CALUMET & ARIZONA MINING CO, VERDE QUEEN MINING CO. MINE COMPRISED OF 7 OR 8 CLAIMS ALONG EAST VEIN
Comment (Workings): 280 FT SHAFT WITH 3 LEVELS AT 50, 150, AND 280 FT LEVELS WITH 75, 125, AND 50 FT LENGTHS, RESPECTIVELY
Comment (Geology): LIMESTONE AND QUARTZITE ARE IN FAULT CONTACT. NO SIGN OF SULFIDES IN 1973
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050401 WITH RE CORD M030526 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Production): SPORADIC PRODUCTION, PARTICULARY PRODUCTIVE 1897-1898, 1905-1908. SOME ORE RAN $4-7/T AU. CHIEF CLAIM ORE AVERAGED $40/T, 12% CU & PB, 2 OZ/T AG, $3/T AU. PRODUCED 1000 TONS 1907-1908. IN 1915 CONSIDERABLE GOOD ORE IN PLACE.
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582
Reference (Deposit): FINNELL, 1971, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): CREASEY, S.C., 1973, FIELD EXAM
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189
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