The Queen Prospect is a silver, copper, and lead mine located in Lander county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Queen Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Queen Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Ravenswood District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Plates Of The Roberts Mountain Thrust
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cambrian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyromorphite
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Stibnite
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SHORT QUARTZ VEINS
Comment (Deposit): THE QUEEN SHAFT IS ABOUT 250 FEET DEEP.
Comment (Geology): THE QUARTZ VEINS ARE A FEW INCHES TO 6 FEET WIDE BUT ARE OF SHORT STRIKE AND DIPLENGTH.
References
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1939, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 7043.
Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITSOF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88.
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.
