Queen Mine

The Queen Mine is a gold, platinum, and silver mine located in Albany county, Wyoming at an elevation of 9,678 feet.

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Mine Info

Name: Queen Mine  

State:  Wyoming

County:  Albany

Elevation: 9,678 Feet (2,950 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Platinum, Silver

Lat, Long: 41.27333, -106.16583

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Mine Description

A 90 foot shaft was sunk in amphibolite and metagabbro emplaced in hornblendic and felsic gneiss. The rocks exposed in the shaft are cut by numerous small faults and veins of calcite and pegmatite. The faults commonly contain up to an inch of gouge, some of which is rich in sulphides, and may include thin calcite seams. Some of the gouge material collected in 1924 by Hess (1926, p. 133) assayed 0.03 oz. platinum, 0.05 oz. iridium, and less than 1 oz. silver per short ton, with a trace of gold. Dump samples assayed by the NRRI in 1961 contained only copper and iron.

Source: The Centennial Ridge Gold-Platinum District, Albany County, Wyoming, 1968. The Geological Survey of Wyoming.

Queen Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Queen Mine
Secondary: Queen Shaft
Secondary: Centennial Ridge District


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Platinum
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Iridium


Location

State: Wyoming
County: Albany
District: Centennial Ridge 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: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: VEINS


Structure

Type: R
Description: Mullen Creek-Nash Fork Shear Zone

Type: L
Description: Small Faults


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: CONVERTED TO PPM FROM OZ/TON). DUMP ASSAYS CONTAIN SOME CU
Analytical Data: PT=1.03 PPM, IR=1.7 PPM, AG=LESS THAN 34.3 PPM, TR GOLD IN GOUGE SAMPLE (HESS


Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): "A 90 ft shaft was sunk in amphibolite and metagabbro emplaced in hornblendic and felsic gneiss. The rocks exposed in the shaft are cut by numerous small faults and veins of calcite and pegmatite. The faults commonly contain up to an inch of gouge, some of which is rich in sulphides, and may include thin calcite seams. Some of the gouge material collected in 1924 by Hess (1926, p. 133) assayed 0.03 oz platinum, 0.05 oz iridium, and less than 1 oz silver per short ton, with a trace of gold. Dump samples assayed by the NRRI in 1961 (table 1) contained only copper and iron." [McCallum, 1968, p. 10]

Comment (Deposit): RECORD W032388 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED.

Comment (Workings): SHAFT

Comment (Deposit): 1 INCH GOUGE; UNPUBLISHED MODEL NAME: NEW RAMBLER CU-AU-PGE.

Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE; SMALL PRODUCTION PRESUMED

Comment (Location): IN MEDICINE BOW NATIONAL FOREST


References

Reference (Deposit): MCCALLUM, M.E., 1968, THE CENTENNIAL RIDGE GOLD-PLATINUM DISTRICT, ALBANY COUNTY, WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING PRELIMINARY REPORT 7, P. 9-10.
Pages: p. 9, 10.

Reference (Deposit): HESS, F.L., 1926, PLATINUM NEAR CENTENNIAL, WYOMING: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 780-C, P. 133.
Pages: p. 133.

Reference (Deposit): HAUSEL, 1989, THE GEOLOGY OF WYOMING'S PRECIOUS METAL LODE AND PLACER DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 68, P. 100.
Pages: p. 100.


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