Indian Queen Mine

The Indian Queen Mine is a lead and zinc mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 5,801 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Indian Queen Mine
Secondary: Mountain Queen

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc

Location

State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Newhouse

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

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: World Industries Inc.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1870
Discovery Year: 1870
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin And Range

Type: L
Description: Normal Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Contact Metamorphic, Marblization

Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

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

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: AVE: 10% PB, 340 PPM AG

Materials

Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Iron

Comments

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 NE 1/4 NW 1/4 SECTION 33.

Comment (Production): PRODUCED OVER $100,000 WORTH OF ORE FROM THE SURFACE

Comment (Deposit): ALL ORE WAS FROM A NEAR SURFACE POCKET

Comment (Workings): 1 ADIT 4600 FT LONG, DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS

References

Reference (Deposit): EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR

Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L I AND MCCARTHY, B M, 1976 LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN - FILE REPORT NO 22

Reference (Deposit): HAVENOR, H.E. AND HERBST, V.B., 1908, SOME SALIENT FEATURES OF THE GEOLOGY OF NEWHOUSE, UTAH: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, MS THESIS.

Reference (Deposit): 1913 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #80

Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #111

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