The Cripple Queen Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,600 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
Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.08361, -118.69361
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Cripple Queen Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cripple Queen Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1913
Discovery Year: 1913
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): UNCERTAIN OF EXACT LOCATION ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): E-W GROUP OF 7 CLAIMS ON A WIDE MINERALIZED ZONE CONTAINING A 2.5-FT VEIN OF $22,00 ORE (1913).
Comment (Deposit): A WIDE MINERALIZED ZONE CONTAINING A 2.5 FT WIDE VEIN OF $22,00 ORE (1913)
Comment (Workings): 185-FT ADIT-TUNNEL DRIVEN NW, OF WHICH THE LATTER HALF CROSSCUTS THE MINERALIZED ZONE DIAGONALLY.
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.G., (1947), USGS OFR
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.
