Mine detail: Indian Queen Mine

Previously called 'Mountain Queen'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.51052, -113.31748

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Zinc
Gangue: Gypsum, Iron
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1870

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1870

Geology

Host rock:Grampian Ls
Host type:Dolomite
Associated rock:Intrusives And Volcanics (Cactus Stock)
Associated type:Monzonite,Andesite,Plutonic Rock
Structure:Basin And Range, Normal Faults
Tectonic:Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:Contact Metamorphic, Marblization

References

MRDSD005867
DEP10101630
Reference{Deposit:: EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR}{Deposit:: PERRY, L I AND MCCARTHY, B M, 1976 LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN - FILE REPORT NO 22}{Deposit:: HAVENOR, H.E. AND HERBST, V.B., 1908, SOME SALIENT FEATURES OF THE GEOLOGY OF NEWHOUSE, UTAH: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, MS THESIS.}{Deposit:: 1913 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #80}{Deposit:: 1920 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #111}
ReporterEverts, Michael L.