The Silver Queen Group is a silver and gold mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,601 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 32.91528, -107.72361
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Silver Queen Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Queen Group
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Kingston 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: Joe Schoonmaker
Years: 1959 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Claims Are Located Along A Large Northward Trending Fault.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: HAND-SORTED HIGH-GRADE ORE REPORTEDLY CONTAINED 0.17 OZ AU/TON. TRENCH SAMPLE ACROSS ORE OUTCROP REPORTEDLY ASSAYED 0.13 % WO3.
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): 1.3 MILES WEST UP MIDDLE PERCHA CREEK FROM THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 180 AND THE MAIN STREET OF KINGSTON.
Comment (Production): ACCORDING TO SCHOONMAKER 5 TONS OF AU-AG ORE WAS SHIPPED FROM THIS PROPERTY.
Comment (Deposit): BODIES OF QUARTZ UP TO 20 FT WIDE OCCUR ALONG A FAULT AND ORE OCCURS ALONG FRACTURES WITHIN THE QUARTZ.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED TO BE 6 INACCESSIBLE SHAFTS OF UNKNOWN DEPTHS AND A FEW SHALLOW PITS AND PROSPECT HOLES.
Comment (Geology): FOR GENERAL GEOLOGY SEE KINGSTON DISTRICT.
References
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
Reference (Production): DALE AND MCKINNEY, 1959 RI5517
Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959, USBM REPT. INV. 5517.
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