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Copper Queen I

Past Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031259
MRDS ID M009922
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Queen I
Related records 10115031

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.92459, 37.48965 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 1/2 MILES EAST OF MARIPOSA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Shaver Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fresno River(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005S 019E 19 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.92459, 37.48965
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner O. R. Sidney
    First year 1912

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED SMALL AMOUNT OF GOLD IN 1890 AND 5,750 LBS. OF CU IN 1912 , WITH SOME GOLD AND SILVER.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 16.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT 40 FT. DEEP WITH AN INCLINE 15 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOWEN, O. E. AND CLIFFTON, G. H., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 1 & 2 , P. 225 - 226 .

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 144, PT. 3, 1948, P. 266

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UPPER PART OF VEIN IS CARBONATE ORE WITH NATIVE COPPER, LOWER PART IS BLUE SULFIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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