Mine detail: Golden Queen Mine

Previously called 'Las Flores Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.78536, -114.38884

Resource(B)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver, Copper
Tertiary:	Iron, Manganese, Gypsum-Anhydrite
Ore:	Gold, Gypsum
Gangue:	Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Sedimentary
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1937

Geology

Host type:	Schist
Associated type:	Granite

References

MRDS	M002569
DEP	10027234
Reference	{Deposit:: WILSON, E.D.; 1933; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 134, P. 215.}{Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., CUNNINGHAM, J.B., BUTLER, G.M., 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137, P. 150.}{Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 157.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: (8) KEITH, S.B., 1978}
Reporter	Gere, W., Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.), Orris, Greta J.