The Desert Queen Mine is a silver mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,152 feet.
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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: 1,152 Feet (351 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 32.60528, -111.89361
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Desert Queen Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Desert Queen Mine
Secondary: Claims Include Silver Moon
Secondary: Golden Pea
Secondary: Western Gold
Secondary: Golden Chariot
Secondary: Old Gold
Secondary: Southern Gold Patent 2852
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1938
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^.03 Oz/T Au, 2 Oz/T Ag, Value $2200
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1906
Year Last Production: 1938
Discovery Year: 1895
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Bedding Of Limestone Is Ne Trending, Dip
Type: L
Description: Eastern Fault System 2,200 Ft Long, Western System At Least 1800 Ft Long
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Pyritization
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): HAMMER, 1961
Comment (Workings): 7 SHALLOW SHAFTS, NUMEROUS CUTS AND PITS, SOME STOPING, HAULAGE ADIT OF 150 FT, UNDERGROUND WORKINGS NOW INACCESSIBLE.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1983)
Comment (Development): ORIGINAL WORK DONE BY DESERT QUEEN GOLD MINING CO. (1905 TO 1907). R.L. DYE WAS OPERATOR IN 1938. 1984-86: APEX DID GEOLOGIC EVALUATION AND SAMPLING; REEVALUATED PREVIOUS DRILL DATA.
Comment (Geology): ORE DEPOSITS NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO PORPHYRY SILL HERE, MINERALIZATION IS APPARENTLY POST SILL EMPLACEMENT. REPLACEMENT BODIES FORMED WHERE FAULTS ENCOUNTERED HIGHLY FRACTURED LIMESTONE.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1890'S (?)
Comment (Deposit): VEINS FOLLOW TWO DISTINCT NORTHEAST TRENDING FAULT SYSTEMS WITH REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS IN ADJACENT BRECCIA.
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): HAMMER, DONALD F., 1961, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE JACKRABBIT AREA, PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA: M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF AZ., P. 106-115.
Reference (Deposit): TENNEY, 1934, CASA GRANDE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Reference (Deposit): NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): HAMMER, 1961
Reference (Reserve-Resource): NIEMUTH, 1987.
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