Queen Canyon Mine

The Queen Canyon Mine is a fluorine-fluorite, silver, and gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,481 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: Queen Canyon Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Esmeralda

Elevation: 8,481 Feet (2,585 Meters)

Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite, Silver, Gold

Lat, Long: 37.89389, -118.34806

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Queen Canyon Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Queen Canyon Mine


Commodity

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Buena Vista District; Oneota, Basalt, Mount Montgomery 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

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: White Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: Thrust Fault


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Hornblendite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Hornblendite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Hornblendite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Fluorite


Comments

Comment (Location): ABOUT 6 AIRMILES S15W FROM MOUNT MONTGOMERT AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF QUEEN CANYOM, ABOUT A MILE FROM ITS MOUTH.


References

Reference (Deposit): CROWDER, D.F., ROBINSON, P.F., HARRIS, D.L., 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BENTON QUADRANGLE, MONO COUNTY, CALIF. AND ESMERALDA AND MINERAL COUNTIES, NEV.: USGS MAP GQ-1013

Reference (Deposit): ALBERS, J.P. AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, NBMG BULL 78.

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1979, MILS DATA


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.