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Queen Mine

Past Producer in Albany county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Silver, Platinum, Gold, Iridium, Copper
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038162
MRDS ID M045454
MAS/MILS ID 560010197
Record type Site
Current site name Queen Mine
Alternate or previous names Queen Shaft
Included sites Centennial Ridge District

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.16583, 41.27333 (WGS84)
Elevation 2950
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 2 MI SOUTHWEST OF CENTENNIAL Coordinates are for crossed shovel symbol on hilltop on topo. Shaft labeled on topo in NW4 sec. 16, approx. 100 m to the south.
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Albany

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 015N 078W 16 NW4 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • IN MEDICINE BOW NATIONAL FOREST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Platinum Primary
Gold Primary
Iridium Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue

Analytical data

Result PT=1.03 PPM, IR=1.7 PPM, AG=LESS THAN 34.3 PPM, TR GOLD IN GOUGE SAMPLE (HESS
Result CONVERTED TO PPM FROM OZ/TON). DUMP ASSAYS CONTAIN SOME CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Mullen Creek Complex
    Rock description Mullen Creek Complex
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -106.16583, 41.27333
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Geologic structures

Type Description Terms
Regional Mullen Creek-Nash Fork Shear Zone
Local Small Faults

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS
    Width 0.03M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Centennial Ridge District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE; SMALL PRODUCTION PRESUMED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M045454
U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System MAS 560010197 =newMRDS 10157386, merged and deleted.

Bibliographic 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 WYOMING'S PRECIOUS METAL LODE AND PLACER DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 68, P. 100.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1 INCH GOUGE; UNPUBLISHED MODEL NAME: NEW RAMBLER CU-AU-PGE.
Deposit "A 90 ft shaft was sunk in amphibolite and metagabbro emplaced in hornblendic and felsic gneiss. The rocks exposed in the shaft are cut by numerous small faults and veins of calcite and pegmatite. The faults commonly contain up to an inch of gouge, some of which is rich in sulphides, and may include thin calcite seams. Some of the gouge material collected in 1924 by Hess (1926, p. 133) assayed 0.03 oz platinum, 0.05 oz iridium, and less than 1 oz silver per short ton, with a trace of gold. Dump samples assayed by the NRRI in 1961 (table 1) contained only copper and iron." [McCallum, 1968, p. 10]
Deposit RECORD W032388 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1975-02-01 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1983-04-01 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1991-08-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2011-08-03 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey 0560010197 = 10157386, merged and deleted.
Reporter 1983-11-18 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines 0MAS 560010197 = newMRDS 10157386