Highland Queen Mine

The Highland Queen Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,402 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Highland Queen Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 1451

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Highland District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Owner Name: Walker And Bernard
Years: 1939 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1939
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Slickensides, Fault Zone?

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: PRODUCED 992 TONS OF AG-AU ORE IN 1939. NBMG SAMPLE 1451 CONTAINS 20% FE 20% CA, 1000 PPM MN, 10 PPM AG, 500 PPM AS, 200 PPM BA, 200 PPM CU, 1000 PPM PB, 200 PPM SB, 300 PPM SR, 100 PPM W, 2000 PPM ZN,

Materials

Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Jasper
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983

Comment (Deposit): DISSEMINATED PYRITE CRYSTALS, FRESH AND OXIDIZED, COAT FRACTURE SURFACES AND ARE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE CARBONATE. ABUNDANCE OF SLICKENSIDES ON DUMP ROCK SUGGESTS WORKINGS EXPLORED FAULT ZONE CEMENTED WITH QUARTZ. LIMESTONE ON DUMP ALSO CUT BY LIMONITIC-STAINED JASPER AND WHITE, AND IRON-STAINED CALCITE VEIN. ORE HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM DUMP; LITTLE OR NO MINERALIZATION WAS OBSERVED.

Comment (Workings): MAP SHOWS THREE ADITS. CAVED SINGLE ADIT-(LOWER ONE), STORAGE/CORE SHACK, REMAINS OF RAIL SYSTEM, WATER FREE-FLOWING FROM ADIT; ADIT ENTERS IN ALLUVIUM-NO STRUCTURE APPARENT

References

Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C.M., & PAMPEYAN, E.M., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 73, P. 150.

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, SEPT. 20, 1983.

Reference (Deposit): MINING WORLD, 1940, VOL. 2, NO. 2, P. 31.

Reference (Production): TSCHANZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970, P. 150.

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.