Blue Queen Claims

The Blue Queen Claims is a lead and zinc mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,679 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

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Site Name

Primary: Blue Queen Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Sites 793
Secondary: 794
Secondary: 795

Commodity

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

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Pioche 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

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Shearing, Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 300 PPM SR
Analytical Data: 0, 100, 0 PPM SB
Analytical Data: 15000, 100, 30 PPM PB
Analytical Data: 30, 0, 2000 PPM CR
Analytical Data: 1500, 500, 0 PPM AS
Analytical Data: 20, 1, 0 PPM AG
Analytical Data: SAMPLES 793, 794 AND 795 CONTAIN, RESPECTIVELY: 200, 50, 50 PPM MN
Analytical Data: 200, 500, 70 PPM ZR.
Analytical Data: 700, 0, 0 PPM ZN

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Hydrozincite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Jarosite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS EXPLORE EXTENSIVE FAULT BRECCIA ZONE. PARALLEL SHEARING NOTED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE FAULT, WHICH IS CEMENTED WITH FE-AND MN-STAINED SILICA. FAULT APPEARS TO HAVE SERVED AS A CONDUIT FOR FINE-GRAINED QUARTZ VEIN/SACCHROIDAL APLITE DIKE MATERIAL (?) WHICH CARRIES VERY FINE-GRAINED, OXIDIZED PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, FRESH GALENA, AND FINE STRINGERS OF TETRAHEDRITE. VERY FINE PYRITE CRYSTALS ARE ALSO DISSEMINATED IN THE QUARTZITE. PORTIONS OF THE BRECCIA ARE GOSSANY, ALMOST "COOKED" WITH PATCHES AND BANDS OF BOTRYOIDAL HEMATITE. FRACTURE SURFACES OF BOTH THE BRECCIA AND QUARTZITE ARE COATED WITH YELLOW-BROWN, PLATY, CRYSTALLINE JAROSITE, POSSIBLY WITH INTERGROWN SPHALERITE CRYSTALS. THE COUNTRY ROCK IN THE VICINITY OF THE VEIN IS LOCALLY SILICIFIED AND THE BRECCIA IS ARGILLICALLY ALTERED. ABUNDANT FE-MN-CU OXIDES STAIN THE FAULT ZONE AND COUNTRY ROCK. THE BRECCIA HAS AN ABUNDANCE OF VERY FINE OPEN-SPACING BETWEEN QUARTZITE FRAGMENTS AND QUARTZ CEMENT. WHITE POWDERY MINERAL IN

Comment (Workings): SMALL PROSPECT PITS, SHAFTS, SURFACE CUTS

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Comment (Deposit): BRECCIA IS POSSIBLY HYDROZINCITE.

Comment (Development): INACTIVE AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983

References

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, 8/22/83.

Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP MF-136

Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 73

Reference (Deposit): USGS P. P. 171

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP. 469

Nevada Gold

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.