The Queen of the West Mine is a mine located in Morgan county, Utah at an elevation of 6,398 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,398 Feet (1,950 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.9231, -111.72690
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Queen of the West Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Queen of the West Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Morgan
District: Hardscrabble 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
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Russell C. Porter
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Discovery Year: 1879
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Magnetite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH UGMS BULL. 88 BY K.C.BULLOCK
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