Silver Queen Claims Prospects

The Silver Queen Claims Prospects is a mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,961 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Silver Queen Claims Prospects

Commodity

Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold

Location

State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Blake Probert

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement Vein
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: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Deep Creek Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin And Range

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: THOMSON (1973, P. 23) REPORTED TRACE AMOUNTS OF GOLD AND SILVER FROM A PIT SAMPLE NO QUANTITATIVE VALUES WERE REPORTED.

Materials

Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): NE SE OF SE 29

Comment (Commodity): TRACE AMOUNTS OF GOLD AND SILVER WERE REPORTED BY THOMSON (1973, P. 23).

Comment (Workings): THE WORKINGS WERE BRIEFLY NOTED FROM PONY EXPRESS CANYON RD.; THE PRINCIPAL WORKING APPEARS TO BE A SHALLOW SHAFT, THE REMAINDER ARC ASSOCIATED PITS.

References

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: THOMSON (1973, P. 23)

Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 177

Reference (Deposit): THOMSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COS., UTAH: UGMS BULL. 99, P. 23

Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177

Reference (Deposit): 1973 GEOLMAP UGMS, BULL. 99

Reference (Deposit): 1973 RECON UGMS, BULL. 99

Reference (Production): THOMSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS.; UGMS BULL. 99, P.23

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