Mine detail: Queen Mine

Previously called 'Queen Shaft'

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Location: Albany County, Wyoming, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.2733, -106.16645
dep_id: 10038162
mrds_id: M045454
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver
Trace mineral: Platinum, Iridium, Gold, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
gangue: Calcite
orebody_fm: VEINS
work_type: Underground
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Leaching, Transport, And Deposition Of Ore
ore_ctrl: Fractures
Reporter: Blair, Will N., Barari, Rachel A., Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Pyroxenite
arock_unit: Mullen Creek Complex
arock_type: Diorite,Pegmatite
Structure: Mullen Creek-Nash Fork Shear Zone, Small Faults
tectonic: Rocky Mountains
References:
  • Deposit:: MCCALLUM, M.E., 1968, THE CENTENNIAL RIDGE GOLD-PLATINUM DISTRICT, ALBANY COUNTY, WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING PRELIMINARY REPORT 7, P. 9-10.
  • Deposit:: HESS, F.L., 1926, PLATINUM NEAR CENTENNIAL, WYOMING: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 780-C, P. 133.
  • Deposit:: HAUSEL, 1989, THE GEOLOGY OF WYOMIN* PRECIOUS METAL LODE AND PLACER DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 68, P. 100.
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