Mine detail: Silver Queen Group

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Location: Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.91539, -107.72421
dep_id: 10008858
mrds_id: D001318
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Trace mineral: Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Scheelite
gangue: Epidote, Pyrite
ore_ctrl: Mineralization Confined To Fractures
Reporter: Elliott, James E., Menzie, David, Mosier, Dan
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Claims Are Located Along A Large Northward Trending Fault.
References:
  • Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
  • Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
  • Deposit:: DALE, V.B., AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959, USBM REPT. INV. 5517.
  • Production:: DALE AND MCKINNEY, 1959 RI5517
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