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Granite Queen Property

Occurrence in Adams county in Idaho, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011687
MRDS ID D006776
MAS/MILS ID 0160030086
Record type Site
Current site name Granite Queen Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.26068, 44.72457 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 8.5 MI E OF COUNCIL, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Adams(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Council Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McCall(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Weiser(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Adams

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 016N 002E 18 W2 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith
    Rock description Idaho Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.26068, 44.72457
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR BANDS
    Width 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Occurs Near Small Pegmatite Dikes That Cut Lime-Silicate Bands In A Gneiss.

Comments on the geologic information

  • Deposit Is On The Margin Of The Idaho Batholith, In Gneissic Rocks Of Unknown Age.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Council Mtn. Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner W. S. Turnipseed, W. W. Turnipseed
    Home office Weiser, Id.
    First year 1952

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • Two Short Adits Comprised The Workings In 1952.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Commodity Files, U.S.G.S., Spokane, W

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit For More Information See D.M.E.A. Docket No. 2116, (1952) ; Info.Src : 2 Unpub Rept

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-81 Lewis, Reed S. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 15-MAY-95 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

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