Queen Prospect

The Queen Prospect is a silver, copper, and lead mine located in Lander county, Nevada.

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 Prospect  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lander

Elevation:

Commodity: Silver, Copper, Lead

Lat, Long: 39.78139, -117.27306

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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

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.