Brown Queen

The Brown Queen is a tungsten mine located in Millard county, Utah at an elevation of 7,001 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Brown Queen  

State:  Utah

County:  Millard

Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 39.215, -113.37778

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Brown Queen MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Brown Queen


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten


Location

State: Utah
County: Millard
District: House Range


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: U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Owner Name: Wilden And Petty


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1951
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR-VEIN


Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin & Range

Type: L
Description: The Crest Of A Broad Anticline That Has Been Block Faulted And Tilted Southeast


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonite, Scarn


Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet


Comments

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 SW 1/4 NW 1/4

Comment (Deposit): UNPATENTED CLAIMS ARE UP TO DATE AND INCLUDE: BROWN QUEEN, AND BROWN QUEEN 1-7

Comment (Workings): 70 FOOT ADIT, 40 FOOT INCLINE, SEVERAL OPEN CUTS


References

Reference (Deposit): EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM INFOR. CIR. #8014

Reference (Deposit): 1876 RECON GILBERT, G.K., 100TH MER. RPT V.3

Reference (Deposit): 1908 RECON WALCOTT, C.D., SMITHSONIAN MIS. COLL. V 53

Reference (Deposit): 1951 RECON WHEELER, H.E., UGMS GUIDEBOOK 6

Reference (Production): EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM INF. CIRC. 8014

Reference (Deposit): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION

Reference (Deposit): HINTZE, L.F., 1974, PRELIM. GEOL. MAP OF NOTCH PEAK QUAD, MILLARD COUNTY, UTAH: USGS MF 636


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