Verde Queen Mine

The Verde Queen Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,639 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

Name: Verde Queen Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Pima

Elevation: 4,639 Feet (1,414 Meters)

Commodity: Lead, Silver

Lat, Long: 31.865, -110.63167

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Verde Queen Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Verde Queen Mine


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Zinc


Location

State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Empire District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Year: 1928
Time Period: 1897-1928
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^23% Pb, 5 Oz/T Ag, Minor Cu, Au


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1897
Year Last Production: 1928
Discovery Year: 1881
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

Form: TABULAR, IRREGULAR


Structure

Type: L
Description: Nnw Faults


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor Silicification


Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Wulfenite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Development): LOCATED IN 1896 AND 1897. OPERATORS INCLUDED E.P. HILTON, CALUMET & ARIZONA MINING CO, VERDE QUEEN MINING CO. MINE COMPRISED OF 7 OR 8 CLAIMS ALONG EAST VEIN

Comment (Workings): 280 FT SHAFT WITH 3 LEVELS AT 50, 150, AND 280 FT LEVELS WITH 75, 125, AND 50 FT LENGTHS, RESPECTIVELY

Comment (Geology): LIMESTONE AND QUARTZITE ARE IN FAULT CONTACT. NO SIGN OF SULFIDES IN 1973

Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050401 WITH RE CORD M030526 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Production): SPORADIC PRODUCTION, PARTICULARY PRODUCTIVE 1897-1898, 1905-1908. SOME ORE RAN $4-7/T AU. CHIEF CLAIM ORE AVERAGED $40/T, 12% CU & PB, 2 OZ/T AG, $3/T AU. PRODUCED 1000 TONS 1907-1908. IN 1915 CONSIDERABLE GOOD ORE IN PLACE.


References

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582

Reference (Deposit): FINNELL, 1971, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT

Reference (Deposit): CREASEY, S.C., 1973, FIELD EXAM

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189


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