Copper Queen Mine

Past Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold, Arsenic
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102525
MRDS ID M003476
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Queen Mine
Related records 10113501

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.23021, 34.53837 (WGS84)
Elevation 1143
Relative position 5.9 MILES SSW OF LAWLER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bagdad(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bagdad(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Maria(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 014N 009W 20 NW OF SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization, Pyritization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1770
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Bridle Formation;Dick Rhyolite
    Rock description Bridle Formation;Dick Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1770
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon

Nearby scientific data

(1) Early Proterozoic granitic rocks

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Metavoclanic Rocks Trends N20e To N30e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Massive Sulfide Lenses Parallel Foliation And Bedding

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N45E
    Dip 80W
    Length 60.96M
    Width 9.14M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 243.84M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphy, Igneous Activity

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Old Dick District

Production statistics

  • Year 1965
    Period 1961 - 1965
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^4.7 % Cu, 14.4 % Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Zinc Zinc 14wt-pct
    Ore Copper Copper 5wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 822.96M
    Overall depth 304.8M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAKER, ARTHUR III, AND CLAYTON, R.L., 1968, MASSIVE SULPHIDE DEPOSITS OF THE BAGDAD DISTRICT, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: ORE DEPOSITS OF THE U.S., 1933 - 1967, V. II, P. 1312 .

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS MASSIVE SULFIDE LENS IN PROTEROZOIC METAVOLCANIC ROCKS. DEPOSIT LOCALIZED AT OR NEAR CONTACT OF RHYOLITE AND ANDESITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1981 Dewitt, Ed H. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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