The Blue Queen Claims is a lead and zinc mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,679 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,679 Feet (1,731 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 37.88222, -114.41000
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Blue Queen Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Queen Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Sites 793
Secondary: 794
Secondary: 795
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Pioche District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shearing, Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 300 PPM SR
Analytical Data: 0, 100, 0 PPM SB
Analytical Data: 15000, 100, 30 PPM PB
Analytical Data: 30, 0, 2000 PPM CR
Analytical Data: 1500, 500, 0 PPM AS
Analytical Data: 20, 1, 0 PPM AG
Analytical Data: SAMPLES 793, 794 AND 795 CONTAIN, RESPECTIVELY: 200, 50, 50 PPM MN
Analytical Data: 200, 500, 70 PPM ZR.
Analytical Data: 700, 0, 0 PPM ZN
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Hydrozincite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Jarosite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS EXPLORE EXTENSIVE FAULT BRECCIA ZONE. PARALLEL SHEARING NOTED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE FAULT, WHICH IS CEMENTED WITH FE-AND MN-STAINED SILICA. FAULT APPEARS TO HAVE SERVED AS A CONDUIT FOR FINE-GRAINED QUARTZ VEIN/SACCHROIDAL APLITE DIKE MATERIAL (?) WHICH CARRIES VERY FINE-GRAINED, OXIDIZED PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, FRESH GALENA, AND FINE STRINGERS OF TETRAHEDRITE. VERY FINE PYRITE CRYSTALS ARE ALSO DISSEMINATED IN THE QUARTZITE. PORTIONS OF THE BRECCIA ARE GOSSANY, ALMOST "COOKED" WITH PATCHES AND BANDS OF BOTRYOIDAL HEMATITE. FRACTURE SURFACES OF BOTH THE BRECCIA AND QUARTZITE ARE COATED WITH YELLOW-BROWN, PLATY, CRYSTALLINE JAROSITE, POSSIBLY WITH INTERGROWN SPHALERITE CRYSTALS. THE COUNTRY ROCK IN THE VICINITY OF THE VEIN IS LOCALLY SILICIFIED AND THE BRECCIA IS ARGILLICALLY ALTERED. ABUNDANT FE-MN-CU OXIDES STAIN THE FAULT ZONE AND COUNTRY ROCK. THE BRECCIA HAS AN ABUNDANCE OF VERY FINE OPEN-SPACING BETWEEN QUARTZITE FRAGMENTS AND QUARTZ CEMENT. WHITE POWDERY MINERAL IN
Comment (Workings): SMALL PROSPECT PITS, SHAFTS, SURFACE CUTS
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Deposit): BRECCIA IS POSSIBLY HYDROZINCITE.
Comment (Development): INACTIVE AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, 8/22/83.
Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP MF-136
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 73
Reference (Deposit): USGS P. P. 171
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP. 469
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.
