Lead Queen Mine

Alternate Names

other mines/names in the group are: Golden Rose, Jefferson group, Wieland group, Jefferson Mg. Co., Mumme Mg. Co.

Mining District and Mines

Part of Buffalo group, Harshaw District

Also see: http://docs.azgs.az.gov/OnlineAccessMineFiles/A-B/BuffaloSantacruz19b.pdf

Location

22S 16E NW¼ 33⁵

31.48389,-110.71861⁶

Mineral Products

USBM: Pb, Ag, Zn, Cu, Au- (Ba).⁵

Geology

Narrow quartz-barite veins containing rich, oxidized lead-silver ore in the upper part and mixed argentiferous lead, zinc and copper sulfides in depth. Wall rocks are Cretaceous andesite and rhyolite volcanics.⁵

Type of Operation and Production

Shaft and tunnerl operations. Worked sporadically from the 1890s to 1920, producing some 500 tons of ore avaeraging about 21% Pb, 20oz. Ag/T, 3% Zn, 2% Cu and minor gold prior to 1900. Few tons produced in the 1900s.⁵

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References

1. Mineral Appraisal of Coronado National Forest, Part 12, Santa Rita Mountains Unit, MLA11-94 (1994). SR 591-609
   http://repository.azgs.az.gov/sites/default/files/dlio/files/nid1813/usbm_mla_011-94.pdf
2. Mining in the Santa Rita and Patagonia Mountains of Arizona, U.S. Department of Interior, 1915. Republished 2014 by Kerby Jackson.
3. Mike Bertram,
4. USGS Mineral Resources Data System - possibly using NAD72 (https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/map-commodity.html#home).
5. Index of Mining Properties in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, by Staton B. Keith, Bulletin 191, Arizona Geological Survey, 1975.
6. mindat.org