The Lead Queen Mine is a silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,299 Feet (1,615 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 31.56694, -108.33111
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Lead Queen Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lead Queen Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Cadmium
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Big Hatchet Mountains
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
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Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Hydrothermal Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1870
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
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Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Smithsonite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SULFIDES REPLACE FAULT GOUGE ALONG THREE NARROW, NW-TRENDING FAULTS.
Comment (Workings): ADIT, SIX PROSPECT PITS.
Comment (Geology): NO INTRUSIVE ROCKS EXPOSED IN BIG HATCHET MOUNTAINS. AEROMAG DATA INDICATE A CONCEALED INTRUSIVE UNDER THE HACHITA VALLEY 5 MI NE OF THE BIG HATCHET MOUNTAINS.
Comment (Location): PATENTED CLAIM IN MINE CANYON, WITHIN BIG HATCHET MOUNTAINS WSA.
Comment (Commodity): UP TO 0.12% CD, 0.01% CU, 33.2% PB, 7.4 OZ/ST AG, 16.9% ZN.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ESTIMATE BASED ON A 50% PROJECTION OF EXPOSED ORE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1735-C
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