The Mountain Queen Mine is a lead mine located in Cochise county, Arizona.
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Mountain Queen Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mountain Queen Mine
Secondary: Scribner
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Swisshelm District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Gold Metals Consolidated
Years: 1958 -
Owner Name: R. L. Brown
Years: 1953 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1953
Discovery Year: 1885
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Nnw Thrust Faults In Swisshelms Overthrust Penn Naco Group Over Rhyolite Porphyry
Type: L
Description: On Upthrown Side Of Nw Trending Fault, Penn Naco Group Strikes Nw
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): S CENTRAL SEC. 12. UTM ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment (Production): SOME 50,000 TONS OF ORE PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY FROM1885 TO 1913, 1921 TO 1933, AND 1939 TO 1954. PRE-1913 PRODUCTION NOT REPORTED IN ABGMT-USBM FILE. ABGMT-USBM FIGURES INCLUDE THE GREAT AMERICAN MINE FOR 1925, 1933, AND 1934
Comment (Development): ONE OF A GROUP OF THREE CLAIMS CALLED THE SCRIBNER, THE OTHER TWO BEING THE MAMMOTH AND THE WHALE; OTHER PAST OPERATORS INCLUDE FANDALL, FOUR HORSE MINING, MANHATTAN CONSOLIDATED, LARSEN, HAYNIE, FARWELL, HUNT
Comment (Deposit): ORE ALONG THE CONTACT OF FOLDED, FAULTED, AND FRACTURED LIMESTONE AND DIORITE PORPHYRY INTRUDED ALONG A STRONG THRUST FAULT.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE INTERCONNECTED UNDERGROUND WITH THE CHANCE MINE
References
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 158, P. 32
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 71.
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, 1956, USGS MAP MF-213
Reference (Deposit): MS THESIS, MT. QUEEN AREA, BY W. B. LORING, UNIV. OF ARIZ
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