Mine detail: Queen Mine

Previously called 'Queen Shaft'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.2733, -106.16645

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Platinum, Iridium, Gold, Copper
Ore:	Gold
Gangue:	Calcite
Orebody form:	VEINS

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Pyroxenite
Associated rock:	Mullen Creek Complex
Associated type:	Diorite,Pegmatite
Structure:	Mullen Creek-Nash Fork Shear Zone, Small Faults
Tectonic:	Rocky Mountains

References

MRDS	M045454
DEP	10038162
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Blair, Will N., Barari, Rachel A., Peterson, Jocelyn A.