The Silver Queen Mine is a mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 4,275 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,275 Feet (1,303 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.4922, -113.29030
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Silver Queen Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Queen Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Dugway Wildcat
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1898
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: Azurite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Production): 75 904 TONS OF ORE HAVE BEEN SHIPPED PREVIOUSLY 75 WENDOVER BOMBING AND GUNNERY RANGE U S AIR FORCE 75 CLAIM IS ON A MILITARY RESERVATION 75 MALACHITE AND AZURITE ARE OXIDIZED ORES
References
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