The Silver Queen Mine is a silver, antimony, and lead mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,099 feet.
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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
Elevation: 6,099 Feet (1,859 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Antimony, Lead
Lat, Long: 38.64167, -118.30833
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Silver Queen Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Queen Mine
Secondary: Dixie Group
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site #3646
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Antimony
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Fitting
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Southeast Trending Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonitic
Rocks
Name: Metasedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SELECT SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.01 PERCENT EU3O8
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): BG = 0.11 MR/HR.; HIGH = 0.22 MR/HR.
Comment (Workings): THE WORKINGS ARE ALONG A N20 DEGREE W TREND AND COVER APPROXIMATELY A THIRD OF A MILE. 3SHAFTS, 5 ADITS, AND PROSPECT PITS. A LOADING PLATFORM SUGGESTS SOME ORE WAS SHIPPED BUT IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT ANY MILLING WAS DONE AT THE SITE.
Comment (Deposit): THERE IS SOME DOUBT THAT THIS PROPERTY IS THE SILVER QUEEN MINE OR THAT A SILVER QUEEN MINE EXISTS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): GROUP OF PROSPECT PITS, ADITS AND SHAFTS AT END OF DIRT RD. OFF MAIN RD. AT 6125 T
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L. J., 1973 , RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURENCES IN NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 81 .
Reference (Deposit): SILVER QUEEN MINE, FITTING DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE, JACK NBMG #3646 SAMPLE SITE VISIT, 5/5/89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILE (TINGLEY FILES).
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.
