Mine detail: Queen Bess Mine

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Location:	Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long:	40.61855, -111.60911
dep_id:	10014852
mrds_id:	D011909
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Lead, Silver
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Argentite, Galena
gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm:	TABULAR
alteration:	Minor Silicification And Bleaching Adjacent To Veins, Oxidation
conc_proc:	Precipitation From Hydrothermal Solutions
ore_ctrl:	Northeast Striking Fissure
Reporter:	Shubat, Michael A.
hrock_unit:	Humbug Formation;Deseret Limestone
hrock_type:	Sandstone,Limestone,Dolomite
arock_unit:	Intermediate Dikes
arock_type:	Diorite
Structure:	Vinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Northeast Striking Shear Or Normal Fault
tectonic:	Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Belt
ylp_ba:	<
yr_lst_prd:	1940
disc_yr:	1875
References:	Deposit:: JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: U.G.M.S. BULL. NO. 114. Deposit:: CALKINS, F.C., AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 201. Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 111. Deposit:: BAKER, A.A., CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534