The Queen Mine is a silver, lead, gold, and copper mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 9,199 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: 9,199 Feet (2,804 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 37.88972, -118.31694
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Queen Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Queen Mine
Secondary: Indian Queen
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Buena Vista, (Oneota, Basalt, Or Mount Montgomery) 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
Owner Name: Gold-Spor Mining Co.
Years: 1982 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1873
Discovery Year: 1862
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: Ne-Trending Fault; Other Structures Noted Trend N20-40w, 90; N80e, 75se; N-S, 40e.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Hornblendite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Hornblendite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Hornblendite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Iron
Gangue: Alunite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): UPPER ADIT ON RIDGE EXPLORES N50E SHEAR ZONE WHICH APPEARS TO FLATTEN AND ROLL OVER. IT IS DIPPING 70 NW AT PORTAL. ROCK IS HIGHLY SHEARED WITH IRON AND MANGANESE OXIDES ON FRACTURES. CLAY AND ALUNITE (?) OCCUR ON SOME FRACTURE SURFACES. MOST OLD ADITS TREND N30-40W, EXTENDING BACK UNDER AREA COVERED BY RHYOLITE AT SURFACE
Comment (Workings): ADITS AND PITS SHOWN ON TOPO SHEET. 3 ADITS WITH SUBSTANTIAL DUMPS, CUTS ON CREST OF RIDGE ABOVE ADITS EXPLORE DEPOSIT. OLD CABIN RUINS, MILL AND MINE PLANT REMAINS DATE BACK TO 1870'S.
Comment (Location): ON GARNER RIDGE AT HEAD OF QUEEN CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Development): PRODUCED FROM 1873-?; REVIVED IN 1905, 1907. RECENT WORK (1982) HAS CONSISTED OF SAMPLING DUMPS, SOME UNDERGROUND REHABILITATION, NOT VERY EXTENSIVE
References
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS, J.P. AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NV; N.B.M.G. BULL. 78
Reference (Deposit): MILS, 1979, USBM
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, P. 140
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION ON 12 AUGUST 1982.
Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP GO-1013
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.
