The Tungsten Queen Property is a tungsten mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,699 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,699 Feet (2,042 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 39.15861, -114.37278
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Tungsten Queen Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tungsten Queen Property
Secondary: Tungsten Queen Claims No. 1-13
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Sacramento (Sacramento Pass) 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Switzer, K. L.
Home Office: 609 W. Ojai Ave., Ojai, Ca.
Years: 1976 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PODS, LENSES, IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification Along Bedding Horizons In Limestone
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Development): PHELPS DODGE OPTIONED THE CLAIMS IN 1975 AND DID GEOLOGIC MAPPING, SAMPLING AND DRILLED 3 DIAMOND DRILL HOLES.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Deposit): PODS OF WHITE, CRYSTALLINE CALCITE OCCUR AS LENSES ALONG BEDDING. OXIDIZED CU AND PB MINERALS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF THE VEINS, AND SCHEELITE OCCURS BOTH IN THE CALCITE VEINS AND IN SILICIFIED ZONES IN LIMESTONE NEAR THE VEINS
Comment (Workings): STOPES
References
Reference (Deposit): TERRADATA, 1980, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE SCHELL RESOURCE AREA, ELY DISTRICT, NEVADA: PREPARED FOR THE BLM.
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1976, REPORT ON TUNGSTEN QUEEN PROPERTY FOR G.E.; NBMG FILE 332, ITEM 9.
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.
