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Copper Queen

Past Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver, Mercury
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041010
MRDS ID M055919
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Queen
Related records 10128215

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.39448, 42.61954 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Merlin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyonville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Rogue(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 034S 006W 15 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.39448, 42.61954
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip SE
    Width 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • TWO CARLOADS SHIPPED IN 1934 AVERAGED 0.44 OZ/TON GOLD AND 2.7 OZ/TON SILVER; COPPER VALUES WERE LOW. SEVERAL CARLOADS OF COPPER ORE WERE SHIPPED IN 1916.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED TWO CARLOADS SHIPPED IN 1934 AVERAGED 0.44 OZ/TON GOLD AND 2.7 OZ/TON SILVER; COPPER VALUES WERE LOW. SEVERAL CARLOADS OF COPPER ORE WERE SHIPPED IN 1916.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, P. 99

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 224

  • Deposit

    PARKS, H. M., AND SWARTLEY, A. M., HANDBOOK OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF OREGON: OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON, VOL. 2, NO. 4, P. 73

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N. V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 100, TABLE 1, NO. 113

  • Deposit

    5) BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 5

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DELETE RECORD NO. M013376 FROM OREGON FILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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