The Desert Queen Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.79917, -118.89056
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Desert Queen Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Desert Queen Mine
Secondary: Chrysler-Bonanza Group
Secondary: Manitou Gold Mining Co. Property
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2650
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Desert 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: Herman N. Marker And K. O. Olfers Of Lovelock
Years: 1940 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1860
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shears, Joints In Diorite.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Kaolinization, Chloritization Of Diorite Wallrock
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AU 0.22-7.62 PPM. NBMG SAMPLE 2650, A DUMP SAMPLE OF BRECCIATED QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL CONTAINING CU MINERALS AND OTHER SULFIDES, CONTAINS 3% FE, 0.05% CA, 0.01% II, 300 PPM MN, 500 PPM AG, 1000 PPM AS, 10 PPM AU, 20 PPM B, 50 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 70 PPM BI, 5000 PPM CU, 10 PPM MO, 500 PPM PB, 500 PPM SB, 70 PPM V, 10 PPM ZR. A ANALYSIS ALSO SHOWED 21 PPM AU.
Analytical Data: AG 0-70 PPM
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Melaconite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS IS AN UPDATED VERSION OF A PREVIOUS RECORD (M231003) THAT HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS ONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Location): ABOUT 2.75 MILES N 70 E OF DESERT PEAK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Production): TOTAL IS FOR 1883, 1884, 1938 AND 1939. NO RECORDED PRODUCTION SINCE 1951, BUT PRODUCTION WAS DOUBTLESS LARGER THAN THIS AMT.
Comment (Development): RUINS OF OLD STONE CABIN, SQUARE NAILS AND PURPLE GLASS FRAGMENTS INDICATE THAT ACTIVITY DATES TO 1860-1870. IT MAY HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED AS EARLY AS 1849 BY EMIGRANTS, AND IT WAS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY BEGINNING IN THE 1860'S. A MILL WAS ERECTED IN 1863, AND A SECOND MILL WAS BUILT LATER. IN 1931, A LOVELOCK GROUP RELOCATED THE CLAIMS AND IN 1932, THE MANITOU GOLD MINING CO. WAS ORGANIZED. A MILL WAS ERECTED BY THEM IN 1937. THEIR HOLDINGS COMPRISED 10 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1940.
Comment (Deposit): 1-2 FT THICK FROM OXIDE-STAINED QUARTZ VEINS FOLLOW SHEAR ZONE IN DIORITE, WHICH IS KAOLINIZED AND CHLORITIZED, AND CUT BY SEVERAL 1-2 INCH THICK APLITE DIKES WHICH ARE PALE GREEN (CHLORITIZED). VEINS AND ADJACENT WALLROCKS ARE FE-OXIDE STAINED, SOME CU OXIDE STAINING, WALLROCK IS SHEETED PARALLEL TO VEINING TO THE SE (UP THE SLOPE TO THE RIDGE CREST), WHERE THE ZONE BECOMES 20-25 FT THICK CONTAINING 5-6, 0.5-1 FT THICK QUARTZ VEINS. ZONE AND VEIN TREND N 30 W, DIP 45 NE. VEIN MATERIAL CONSISTS OF CLEAR AND WHITE VITREOUS QUARTZ, BRECCIATED, WITH CLOTS OF CHALCOPYRITE OXIDIZING TO MELACONITE, GREEN CU OXIDES; THERE ARE STREAKS AND IRREGULARLY SHAPED DROPLETS OF A DARK SULFIDE IN THE CLEAR QUARTZ.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL ADITS AND SHAFTS. INCLINED SHAFT ON VEIN, STOPING FROM SURFACE DOWN, CAVED ADIT, CUTS. MOST EXTENSIVE WORKINGS OF THE DISTRICT.
Comment (Geology): MINE IS DEVELOPED ALONG A SET OF QUARTZ VEINS THAT PARALLEL JOINTS IN A BODY OF DIORITE. VEINS AND JOINTS STRIKE N 70 DEG W AND DIP 35 - 40 DEG NE. THE VEINS ARE CLOSELY SPACED BUT PINCH AND SWELL ALONG THEIR COURSE; THE THICKNESS OF INDIVIDUAL VEINS IS ABOUT 5-6 INCHES IN GENERAL. THE MINERALIZED ZONE IS 5 TO 6 FEET THICK. WORKINGS CONSIST OF ADITS AT SEVERAL LEVELS, PROSPECT PITS, AND AN INCLINED SHAFT. (WILDEN AND SPEED, P.66-67)
References
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1985, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION, 2/26/85, AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS
Reference (Production): WILLDEN, VANDERBURG.
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, RONALD & SPEED, R.C., 1974,GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL CO., NEVADA: NBMG BULL 83.
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1940, USBM I.C. 7093
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.
