Copper Queen Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071893
MRDS ID W015650
MAS/MILS ID 160370018
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Queen Mine
Alternate or previous names Homestake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.7222, 43.8861 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Relative position 5.75 MI WSW OF MACKAY, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mackay Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Arco(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Idaho Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Lost(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006N 023E 4 NWNW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • At the Head of the East Fork of Navarro Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Mackay Granite-Granite Porphyry
    Rock description Mackay Granite-Granite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)
    Rock unit name Tactite, Marble, Skarn;White Knob Limestone
    Rock description Tactite, Marble, Skarn;White Knob Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.7222, 43.8861

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N
    Dip 55 DEG E
    Width 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Marble-Granitic Intrusion Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • Both Cook (1956) and Leland (1957) Label Nelson and Ross' (1968) Mackay Granite As Quartz Monzonite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Alder Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • One Car of Cu Ore Was Produced In 1940.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Cook, E. F., 1956 , Tungten Deposits Of South-Central Idaho: Idaho Bur. Mines And Geology Pamph. 108 , 40 P.

  • Deposit

    Leland, G. R., 1957, General Geology And Mineralization Of The Mackay Stock Area: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M. S. Thesis, 71 P.

  • Deposit

    Hobbs, S. W., 1964, Mineral Resource-Tungsten, In Mineral And Water Resources Of Idaho: Idaho Bur. Mines And Geology Spec. Rept. No. 1, P. 223-233

  • Deposit

    Nelson, W. H., And Ross, C. P., 1968, Geology Of Part Of The Alder Creek Mining District, Custer County, Idaho: USGS Bull. 1252-A, 30 P.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1921, 1941, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, And Zinc In Idaho: USBM Mineral Yearbook For 1917, 1940

  • Deposit

    1956 Recon Idaho Bur. Mines And Geology Pamph. 108

  • Deposit

    1968 Geolmap Nelson, W. H. And Ross, C. P., Bull. 1252-A

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bur. Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-4, No. 579, P. 241.

  • Production

    USBM, 1941, Mineral Yearbook For 1940; USBM, 1921, Mineral Yearbook For 1917

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1975-09-01 Steigner, William D.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1995-03-01 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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