The Brown Queen is a tungsten mine located in Millard county, Utah at an elevation of 7,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 39.215, -113.37778
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Brown Queen MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Brown Queen
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Utah
County: Millard
District: House Range
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: U.S. Bureau Of Land Management
Owner Name: Wilden And Petty
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1951
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR-VEIN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin & Range
Type: L
Description: The Crest Of A Broad Anticline That Has Been Block Faulted And Tilted Southeast
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonite, Scarn
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 SW 1/4 NW 1/4
Comment (Deposit): UNPATENTED CLAIMS ARE UP TO DATE AND INCLUDE: BROWN QUEEN, AND BROWN QUEEN 1-7
Comment (Workings): 70 FOOT ADIT, 40 FOOT INCLINE, SEVERAL OPEN CUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM INFOR. CIR. #8014
Reference (Deposit): 1876 RECON GILBERT, G.K., 100TH MER. RPT V.3
Reference (Deposit): 1908 RECON WALCOTT, C.D., SMITHSONIAN MIS. COLL. V 53
Reference (Deposit): 1951 RECON WHEELER, H.E., UGMS GUIDEBOOK 6
Reference (Production): EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM INF. CIRC. 8014
Reference (Deposit): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION
Reference (Deposit): HINTZE, L.F., 1974, PRELIM. GEOL. MAP OF NOTCH PEAK QUAD, MILLARD COUNTY, UTAH: USGS MF 636
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