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Redwood Copper Queen

Past Producer in Mendocino county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  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 10102928
MRDS ID M010056
Record type Site
Current site name Redwood Copper Queen
Related records 10237411

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.45081, 38.8782 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mendocino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Zeni Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Point Arena(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big-Navarro-Garcia(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mendocino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 013W 17,20 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result 8 - 9 % CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.45081, 38.8782
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form KIDNEYS AND LENSES
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 22.86M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SANDSTONE IS HIGHLY ALTERED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1906

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Redwood Copper Queen Co.
    Home office C/O E. R. Leach

Comments on the production information

  • 1906 SHIPMENT USED FOR PRODUCTION OF SULFURIC ACID.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 102.41M

Comments on the workings information

  • 200-FT. ADIT, 2 WINZES 100 FT. AND 36FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L.E., 1908 ; COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIF. BULL. 50 ; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 162 - 163

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948 ; COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 271 .

  • Deposit

    O'BRIEN, J.C., 1953 ; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MENDOCINO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49 , NO. 4 : DIV. OF MINES, P. 359 .

  • Production

    ERIC, J.H., 1948 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZONE 10 - 40 FT. WIDE, 300 FT LONG 125 FT. DEEP.
Deposit 840 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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