Desert Queen Mine, Desert Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Desert Queen Mine | Mine |
| Desert Mining District | Mining District |
| Churchill County | County |
| Nevada | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
39° 47' 52'' North , 118° 53' 9'' West
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Fallon | 8,458 (2017) | 37.2km |
| Fernley | 19,418 (2017) | 37.7km |
| Wadsworth | 834 (2011) | 38.7km |
| Nixon | 374 (2011) | 40.5km |
| Fallon Station | 705 (2011) | 44.9km |
Mine is developed along a set of quartz veins that parallel joints in a body of diorite. Veins and joints strike n 70 deg w and dip 35 - 40 deg NE. The veins are closely spaced but pinch and swell along their course; the thickness of individual veins is about 5-6 inches in general. The mineralized zone is 5 to 6 feet thick. Workings consist of adits at several levels, prospect pits, and an inclined shaft. (wilden and speed, p.66-67)
Ruins of old stone cabin, square nails and purple glass fragments indicate that activity dates to 1860-1870. It may have been discovered as early as 1849 by emigrants, and it was worked intermittently beginning in the 1860's. a mill was erected in 1863, and a second mill was built later. In 1931, a lovelock group relocated the claims and in 1932, the manitou gold mining co. Was organized. A mill was erected by them in 1937. Their holdings comprised 10 unpatented claims in 1940.
1-2 ft thick from oxide-stained quartz veins follow shear zone in diorite, which is kaolinized and chloritized, and cut by several 1-2 inch thick aplite dikes which are pale green (chloritized). Veins and adjacent wallrocks are fe-oxide stained, some cu oxide staining, wallrock is sheeted parallel to veining to the se (up the slope to the ridge crest), where the zone becomes 20-25 ft thick containing 5-6, 0.5-1 ft thick quartz veins. Zone and vein trend n 30 w, dip 45 NE. Vein material consists of clear and white vitreous quartz, brecciated, with clots of chalcopyrite oxidizing to melaconite, green cu oxides; there are streaks and irregularly shaped droplets of a dark sulfide in the clear quartz.
Ruins of old stone cabin, square nails and purple glass fragments indicate that activity dates to 1860-1870. It may have been discovered as early as 1849 by emigrants, and it was worked intermittently beginning in the 1860's. a mill was erected in 1863, and a second mill was built later. In 1931, a lovelock group relocated the claims and in 1932, the manitou gold mining co. Was organized. A mill was erected by them in 1937. Their holdings comprised 10 unpatented claims in 1940.
1-2 ft thick from oxide-stained quartz veins follow shear zone in diorite, which is kaolinized and chloritized, and cut by several 1-2 inch thick aplite dikes which are pale green (chloritized). Veins and adjacent wallrocks are fe-oxide stained, some cu oxide staining, wallrock is sheeted parallel to veining to the se (up the slope to the ridge crest), where the zone becomes 20-25 ft thick containing 5-6, 0.5-1 ft thick quartz veins. Zone and vein trend n 30 w, dip 45 NE. Vein material consists of clear and white vitreous quartz, brecciated, with clots of chalcopyrite oxidizing to melaconite, green cu oxides; there are streaks and irregularly shaped droplets of a dark sulfide in the clear quartz.
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3 valid minerals.
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Tenorite | 4.AB.10 | CuO |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Tenorite | CuO |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Tenorite | CuO |
Other Databases
| GeoNames ID: | 5502921 |
|---|---|
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10047289 |
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- West Nevada Permian-Triassic BasinBasin
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Desert Queen Mine, Desert Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA