Mine detail: Desert Queen Mine

Previously called 'Chrysler-Bonanza GroupManitou Gold Mining Co. PropertyNBMG Sample Site 2650'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.79907, -118.89154

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Melaconite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1860

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Diorite
Associated type:	Diorite,Granite
Structure:	Shears, Joints In Diorite.
Alteration processes:	Kaolinization, Chloritization Of Diorite Wallrock

References

MRDS	M242568
DEP	10047289
Reference	{Deposit:: WILLDEN, RONALD & SPEED, R.C., 1974,GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL CO., NEVADA: NBMG BULL 83.}{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, W.O., 1940, USBM I.C. 7093}{Deposit:: TINGLEY, J.V., 1985, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION, 2/26/85, AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS}{Production:: WILLDEN, VANDERBURG.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.), Flynn, Patricia Dodd