Queen City Claims

The Queen City Claims is a manganese mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,840 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

Name: Queen City Claims  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.