Lead Queen Mine

The Lead Queen Mine is a silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,299 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: Lead Queen Mine  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Hidalgo

Elevation: 5,299 Feet (1,615 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Lead, Zinc

Lat, Long: 31.56694, -108.33111

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Lead Queen Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Lead Queen Mine


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Cadmium
Secondary: Copper


Location

State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Big Hatchet Mountains


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Hydrothermal Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1870
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: Mexican Highland


Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

Form: PINCH AND SWELL


Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Permian


Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Smithsonite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): SULFIDES REPLACE FAULT GOUGE ALONG THREE NARROW, NW-TRENDING FAULTS.

Comment (Workings): ADIT, SIX PROSPECT PITS.

Comment (Geology): NO INTRUSIVE ROCKS EXPOSED IN BIG HATCHET MOUNTAINS. AEROMAG DATA INDICATE A CONCEALED INTRUSIVE UNDER THE HACHITA VALLEY 5 MI NE OF THE BIG HATCHET MOUNTAINS.

Comment (Location): PATENTED CLAIM IN MINE CANYON, WITHIN BIG HATCHET MOUNTAINS WSA.

Comment (Commodity): UP TO 0.12% CD, 0.01% CU, 33.2% PB, 7.4 OZ/ST AG, 16.9% ZN.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): ESTIMATE BASED ON A 50% PROJECTION OF EXPOSED ORE.


References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1735-C


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