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Copper Queen

Past Producer in Stonewall county in Texas, 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022119
MRDS ID DE01947
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Queen

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -100.11205, 33.01903 (WGS84)
Elevation 511
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO 7 MI N. OF THE N. SIDE OF HAMLIN ON TEXAS HWY. 1835. PROCEED NE FOR 1.6 MI TO INTERSECTION WITH ROAD TO FLAT TOP. TURN NW FOR 0.7 MI TO S. SIDE OF TOWN OF FLAT TOP. TURN SW, THEN S. FOR 0.8 MI TO RIDGE TRENDING NW. WALK ABOUT 3000 FT TO NW ALONG RIDGE TO NEAR BLUFF OVERLOOKING THE DOUBLE MOUNTAIN FORK OF THE BRAZOS RIVER. ON E. SIDE OF BLUFF, ABOUT 40 FT BELOW TOP, IS LOCATION OF OLD COPPER QUEEN MINE, SAID BY STROUD AND OTHERS (1970, P. 37) TO HAVE BEEN WORKED FROM 1880 TO 1892 AND IN 1945, WITH FIVE ADITS, ON THE SWINSON RANCH. IN 1890, 175 TONS OF ORE WAS MINED. EXPLORATION WAS GOING ON IN 1970. SMITH (1974, SAMPLE #1; P. 64) REPORTED 0.48% CU FROM A 5-INCH GRAY SHALE (TOP CEDAR MOUNTAIN MEADOW). SMITH (P. 64, APPENDIX 3; P. 69, APPENDIX 6) COLLECTED SAMPLE #3 AT THE MINE WITH 1.7% CU FROM A SANDSTONE (CEDAR MOUNTAIN, TIDAL CHANNEL-FILL OF FLOWERPOT SHALE), 8 FT THICK, WITH MALACHITE; AND FROM AN OVERLYING 2-INCH DOLOMITE IN FLOWERPOT SHALE, WITH MALACHITE AND CHALCOCITE, ALL PART OF A 52.6-FT MEASURED SECTION.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stonewall(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Frog Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Aspermont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lubbock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Double Mountain Fork Brazos(hydrologic unit)

Brazos Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Brazos Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Stonewall

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
21 Texas

Comments on the location information

  • ARNOLD AND BARRETT BLOCK A

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore
Dolomite Gangue
Sandstone Gangue
Shale Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1.7% CU FROM SANDSTONE SAMPLE #3
Result 0.48% CU FROM 5-INCH SHALE, SAMPLE #1
Result 0.55-3.8% CU FROM 1.5-INCH ALGAL MAT GRAY SHALE, SAMPLE #4, TOP OF CEDAR MOUNTAIN MEMBER, WITH 1-5 PPM AG AND 40-55 PPM NI.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Flowerpot Shale
    Rock description Flowerpot Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Cedar Mountain Member Of Flowerpot Shale
    Rock description Cedar Mountain Member Of Flowerpot Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Blaine Formation
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gentle Dip W. Off Bend Arch 15-30 Ft/Mi

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N-S
    Dip 15-30 FT/MI W.
    Thickness 0.13M

Comments on the ore body information

  • Orebody is in an outcrop

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY BY SMITH (1974), BARNES (1967), AND PATTON (1930). GALLOWAY (1970, P. 113) GIVES SOME INFORMATION. STORM (1929) MAPPED GEOLOGY ON COUNTY MAP WITH LAND GRID BASE. SAMPLE #19 IS IN THE NE-NE SEC. 66, BBB&C RAILROAD COMPANY SURVEY, WITH GYPSUM DIRECTLY ABOVE COPPER-SHALE NEAR TOP OF FLOWERPOT. THIS GYPSUM MAY BE THE KISER GYPSUM (SMITH, 1974, P. 71).; HR.AGE.MV: GUADALUPIAN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1880
Year of last production 1945
Production years 1880-1945

Mining district

District name Flat Top

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Swenson Ranch

Production statistics

  • Year 1890
    Period 1890
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.48-1.7% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 1wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings COPPER QUEEN MINE (5 ADITS)
    Area 0.405HA

Comments on the workings information

  • STROUD AND OTHERS (1970, P. 37) GIVES MOST DETAILS.

Comments on development

  • IN 1890, 175 TONS OF ORE WAS MINED. FIVE ADITS WERE DUG. EXPLORATION WAS REVIVED IN 1945 AND AGAIN IN 1970, ACCORDING TO STROUD (1970, P. 37).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FURMAN, J.H., 1881, NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES TRANSACTIONS, V. 1, OCTOBER 31, 1881, P. 15-20 (P. 17).

  • Deposit

    PATTON, L.T., 1930, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 3027, 77 P.

  • Deposit

    BARNES, V.E., COMPILER, 1967, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS, LUBBOCK SHEET: SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    STROUD, R.B., MCMAHAN, A.B., STROUP, R.K., AND HIBPSHMAN, M.H., 1970, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 7422, 103 P. (P. 37).

  • Deposit

    SMITH, G.E., 1974, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 80, 84 P. (P. 62, 64, 69, 71, PL. V).

  • Deposit

    STORM, L.W., COMPILER, 1929, GEOLOGIC MAP OF STONEWALL CO., TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, APRIL 1929, SCALE 1:48,000.

  • Deposit

    GALLOWAY, W.E., 1970, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, OPEN FILE REPORT 1970-6, 115 P. (FIG. 1, P. 113, MINE LOCATION 12)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE FLOWERPOT SHALE CONTAINS LENTICULAR SANDSTONE WITH MALACHITE AND CHALCOCITE. SOME THIN DOLOMITES AND GYPSUM NODULES ALSO OCCUR. THE ENTIRE SECTION THAT CONTAINS COPPER IS ABOUT 8 FT THICK.
Deposit SMITH (1974, P. 62, 64, 69, PL. V) COLLECTED SAMPLE #1 ABOUT 1000 FT SE OF MINE. MEASURED SEC. #2 WAS IN BLUFF TO W. SAMPLE #3 AND MEASURED SEC. #3 WERE AT THE MINE.
Deposit SMITH (1974, PL. VB) AND STROUD AND OTHERS (1970, P. 37, MINE 12, SWENSON RANCH). SMITH (1974, P. 62) SAID THAT THE ADITS WERE COLLAPSED. FURMAN (1881, P. 17) MENTIONS THIS AREA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1993 Fay, Robert O. Oklahoma Geological Survey

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