The Nevada Queen is a gold, silver, and lead mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Nevada Queen MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nevada Queen
Secondary: Queen
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Tuscarora
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1875
Discovery Year: 1875
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fissures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVE VALUE OF ORE PRODUCED WAS $39/TON (NOLAN)
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S
Comment (Production): AVERAGE VALUE OF ORE AT TIME OF PRODUCTION WAS $39/TON.
Comment (Deposit): TYPICAL BONANZA-TYPE EPITHERMAL VEIN DEPOSIT.
Comment (Deposit): TYPICAL BONZANZA TYPE EPITHERMAL VEIN DEPOSIT ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH R. M. (1976-56) MINERAL RES. OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN T. B. (1936) TUSCARORA MINING DISTRICT, ELKO, CO. NEV., NEV. BUR OF MINES BULL 25
Reference (Production): NOLAN, T. B. (1936)
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.
