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Copper King and Copper Queen

Occurrence in Plumas county in California, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  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 10034126
MRDS ID M020832
Record type Site
Current site name Copper King and Copper Queen
Related records 10237449

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.29659, 40.09405 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 13 MILES NW OF DOYLE, ON DOYLE AND SQUAW VALLEY RD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ferris Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Branch North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Plumas 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 California Plumas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026N 015E 21 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.29659, 40.09405
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 914.4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • COPPER QUEEN: TUNNEL 40 FT. LONG, SERIES OF SHAFTS 10 - 20 FT. IN DEPTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1937 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF PLUMAS COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 33 , NO. 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 128

  • Deposit

    MAC BOYLE, E., 1920 ; PLUMAS COUNTY; 16 TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 54 - 55

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN CAPPED BY IRON GOSSAN
Deposit GOLDEN HORSE SHOE GROUP ADJOINS ON THE SOUTHWEST. NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE. COMPRISED OF 80 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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