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Copper Queen

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  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 10076621
MRDS ID W023746
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Queen
Alternate or previous names California Queen, Gold Bottom, Slate Range, Copper Queen No. 2, American Fraction, Copper Queen Annex, Rosalind Fraction, Mountain Beauty and Sylvia Fraction.
Related records 10212423

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.27867, 35.80081 (WGS84)
Elevation 646
Relative position 7 1/2 MILES NE OF TRONA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Trona East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ridgecrest(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Indian Wells-Searles Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024S 043E 36 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.27867, 35.80081
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 50 W
    Dip 65 SW
    Length 60.96M
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures, Bedding Plane

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Production years 1917 - 1938 , 1948 - 1951

Comments on the production information

  • SHIPMENTS ASSAYED; 0.208 OZ. AU, 10 OZ. AG, 0.77 % CU, AND 9.58 % PB. 1948 - 1949 HIGH GRADE ZINC ORE WAS SHIPPED. 1950 - 1951 , 100 CARS OF TAILINGS SHIPPED TOTAL PRODUCTION BETWEEN $900,000 - $1,000,000 OF ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2286M

Comments on the workings information

  • SERIES OF ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. C., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY VOL. 57 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 464

  • Deposit

    NORMAN, L. A. AND STEWART, R. M., 1951 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY VOL. 47 , NO. 1 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 70 - 71 .

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J. C., 1957 , P. 464 (SEE REF.)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OXIDIZED LEAD AND ZINC SULFIDES ALONG FISSURES, PARALLELS BEDDING AND CONTACT OF LIMESTONE WITH SHALE.
Deposit COMPRISED OF 17385 ACRES.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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