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Copper Queen Claims

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103006
MRDS ID M020884
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Queen Claims
Related records 10211850

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.9009, 35.37666 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 1/2 MILES NE OF CANTIL, IN SMALL CANYON ON SE FLANK OF EL PASO MTS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saltdale NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuddeback Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Antelope-Fremont Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029S 038E 27 California

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 SEC. 27 , UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.9009, 35.37666
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • ONE CARLOAD ORE SHIPPED IN 1921 .

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL SHAFT ABOUT 250 FT. DEEP ON EAST WALL OF DIKE, AND A NNW DRIVEN DRIFT ADIT FEW TENS OF FEET NE OF SHAFT. DRIFT ADIT IS ABOUT 100 FT. LONG WITH 20 FT. RAISE TO SURFACE ABOUT 20 FT. FROM PORTAL, 30 FT. WINZE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TROXEL, B.W. AND MORTON, P.K., 1962 ; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY, CA; COUNTY REPT. 1 , CA. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 86

  • Production

    TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WEAK COPPER AND GOLD MINERALIZATION ALONG WEST WALL OF A N. TRENDING LAMPROPHYRE DIKE AND ALONG A NNW-TRENDING, SW DIPPING QTZ. VEIN. VEIN IS A FEW TENS OF FEET NE OF SHAFT ON DIKE, AVERAGES 6 INCHES IN WIDTH.

Reporter information

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

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