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Queen Creek Mine

Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Manganese
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088907
MRDS ID M899882
Record type Site
Current site name Queen Creek Mine
Related records 10138000

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.09209, 33.28926 (WGS84)
Elevation 988
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INTERSECTION OF QUEEN CREEK AND ELM CANYON, Utm Measured To Approximate Location Of Original Inclined Shaft

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Superior(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto 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 Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 002S 012E 2 NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SE OF TOWN OF SUPERIOR ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Troy Quartzite;Martin Limestone
    Rock description Troy Quartzite;Martin Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.09209, 33.28926
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description E-W Trending Faults, Major N-S Trending Concentrator Fault 100 M W Of Mine

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/IRREGULAR
    Strike N5W
    Dip 30NE
    Thickness 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Troy-Martin Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALTHOUGH THERE ARE NO INTRUSIVES AT THE SURFACE HERE, MINERALIZATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH CRET-PALEO INTRUSIVE AND FAULTING EPISODES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1902
Discoverer William Windsor
Year of first production 1907
Year of last production 1942

Mining district

District name Pioneer District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Queen Creek Copper Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Magma Copper Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1934
    Period 1933-1934
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1 Oz/T Au, 2 Oz/T Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 56g/mt
    Major Ore Gold Gold 28g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 219.46M

Comments on the workings information

  • ORIGINAL WORKINGS CONSISTED OF AN INCLINED SHAFT (QUEEN TUNNEL) CONNECTING WITH A VERTICAL SHAFT

Comments on development

  • ORIGINAL CLAIMS STAKED BY WILLIAM WINDSOR IN 1902; ADJOINING CLAIMS STAKED IN 1905 BY JIM NEARY, BRINGING NUMBER OF CLAIMS TO 12; IN 1930 CLAIMS TOTALED 52; FORMER OWNERS INCLUDE G.J. POOLE & E. COCKERHAM (1933), QUEEN CREEK COPPER CO (1938)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES

  • Deposit

    JONES, E.L.J.R., RANSOME,F.L., DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE ORE IN ARIZONA, 1919, USGS BULLETIN 710, P. 163

  • Deposit

    SHORT, M.N., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SUPERIOR MINING AREA, ARIZONA, 1943, ABM BULLETIN 151 P158-159

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D. ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING, 1967, ABM BULLETIN 137 P170

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., MANGANESES DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA, 1961, USBM 1C 7990 P124,126,138,139

  • Deposit

    WILSON ET AL, 1934, ABM BULL 137, P. 170

  • Production

    WILSON, ET AL, 1934; SHORT, ET AL, 1943

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS IN SHOOTS ALONG FISSURES IN THE TROY QUARTZITE-MARTIN LIMESTONE CONTACT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-82 Roth, Frances A. (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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