Queen Mine

The Queen Mine is a silver, lead, gold, and copper mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 9,199 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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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.