Copper Queen

Occurrence in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095347
MRDS ID M025556
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Queen

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.77188, 44.30346 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Creek Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

John Day(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Malheur National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Strawberry Mountain Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 015S 033E 05 NE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result FOUR SAMPLES ASSAYED 0.01-0.15% CU
Result UP TO 0.02 OZ/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Rock unit name Canyon Mountain Complex
    Rock description Canyon Mountain Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.77188, 44.30346

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALBITIZED GABBRO IS PYRITIZED, SILICIFIED, AND CHLORITIZED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Canyon City District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Malheur Natioal Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT AND A 20 FT TRENCH

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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