The Queen City Claims is a manganese mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,840 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: 5,840 Feet (1,780 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 37.7475, -115.98030
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Queen City Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Queen City Claims
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Queen City District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Alunite
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Gibbsite
Unknown: Goethite
Unknown: Lithiophorite
Unknown: Opal
Unknown: Pyrolusite
Comments
Comment (Location): PROSPECT LOCATION IS REPORTED AS ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF STATE HWY AND 1.5 MILES EAST OF OSWALD (MINE).
References
Reference (Deposit): NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. OFR OF84-1, 1984.
Reference (Deposit): NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REPORT 46, 1991, P. 20.
Reference (Deposit): NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 77, 1972, P. 40.
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.
