The Silver Queen Mine is a silver mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,039 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,039 Feet (1,231 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 32.95194, -110.89917
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Silver Queen Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Queen Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Cottonwood District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Large Lcret-Tert Mineralized System With Ew Trending Dikes 3 To 5 Miles North.
Type: L
Description: Nw Trending Prec Aplite Dikes 1/4 Mile Se, Ew Trending Tertiary Dike 1 Mile East
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Quartz-Sericite-Pyrite
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED 1000 FT SOUTH OF OLD FLORENCE ROAD. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED SILVER QUEEN MINING CO, ISAAC ROGERS
References
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): USGS GEOLOGICAL QUADRANGE MAP GQ 1107,1974.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILE DATA, CLUSTER #639.
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