Tungsten Queen

The Tungsten Queen is a tungsten mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,201 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Tungsten Queen
Secondary: Canary Yellow Mine
Secondary: Usbm Sample Localities #186-193

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Sho Shone (Minerva, Lexington, Tungsten) 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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Year: 1954
Time Period: 1954
Material type: ORE W
Description: Cp_Grade: ^ Avg 1.0 % Wo3
Year: 1943
Time Period: 1942-1943
Material type: WO3
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.4-4.2% W03

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Faults, E Striking, 40-70 Deg N Dipping

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 1981 SAMPLES ASSAYED 0-0.5 OZ/T AG, 0-0.27% W.

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE OCCURS IN A QUARTZ VEIN 1.5-6 FT WIDE. AN ORE SHOOT 130 FT LONG CONTAINED ORE THAT ASSAYED 0.4-4.2% WO3.

Comment (Development): OWNED BY CALICO TUNGSTEN CO. DURING WWII, AND MORE MINING WAS DONE IN 1954.

Comment (Workings): CROSSCUT ADIT 85 FT LONG WITH A DRIFT ON THE VEIN 11O FT LONG WITH A RAISE AND A STOPE TO THE SURFACE.

Comment (Geology): ORE BODY IS A SCHEELITE ORE SHOOT IN VEINS OF QUARTZ AND CALCITE ALONG FAULTS. THE SCHEELITE OCCURS MAINLY IN COARSE CRYSTAL AGGREGATES OR IN VEINLETS IN QUARTZ, COMMONLY ALONG THE FOOT WALL SIDE OF THE VEINS

Comment (Reserve-Resource): INCLUDES BOTH "INDICATED" AND "INFERRED" ORE.

Comment (Production): ORE GRADE RANGED FROM .3% WO3 TO ABOUT 2.5%

References

Reference (Production): STAGER, H.K., IN PREPARATION.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): LEMMON, D.M., 1944, USGS OFR

Reference (Deposit): HOSE, BLAKE, & SMITH 1976, GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO, NEV. NEV BUREAU OF MINES & GEO. BULL 85

Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K., NBMG BULL IN PREPARATION ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG FILE 332, ITEM 3, MINE MAP.

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., 1944, USGS OFR; NBMG FILE 332, ITEM 9

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, OFR MLA-68-83.

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.