Mine detail: Utah Queen Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.38716, -112.27886

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Silver
Secondary: Copper, Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Plumbojarosite
Orebody form: OTHER, UNKNOWN

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Humbug
Host type:Quartzite
Structure:Oquirrh Mtns., Ophir Anticline
Tectonic:Basin And Range

References

MRDSDC12195
DEP10020027
Reference{Deposit:: GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 156.}{Deposit:: HUNTLEY, D.B., 1880, THE MINING INDUSTRIES OF UTAH: U.S. TENTH CENSUS VOL. 13, P. 454.}{Deposit:: USGS, 1916, 1917, 1918, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES.}{Deposit:: MITCHELL, H.G., 1925, A GEOLOGICAL REPORT ON THE DRY CANYON DIVISION OF THE OPHIR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: THESIS STANFORD UNIVERSITY.}{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111, P. 367, 379.}{Production:: GILLULY, J., 1932, P. 156.}
ReporterTripp, Bryce T.