| Deposit ID | 10103750 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M050378 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Copper Queen Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Queen |
| Related records | 10259245 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.05819, 31.89873 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1067 |
| Relative position | 1/4 MI S OF TWIN BUTTES |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pima(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Twin Buttes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)
Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Pima |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 018S | 013E | 06 | NW4 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Molybdenum | Secondary |
| Tungsten Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Cuprite | Ore |
| Marcasite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -111.05819, 31.89873 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Bedding Planes And Sheared Fault Contact Zone |
| General form | IRREGULAR, TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Depth to top | 134.11M |
| Depth to bottom | 213.36M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Pima District |
|---|
| Year | 1957 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1900-1957 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^4.2% Cu, 1oz/Tag, Minor Zn, Pb | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 213.36M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M050378 |
BROWN, 1926, MS THESIS, UNIV OF AZ
KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 134
WHITCOMB, 1948, MS THESIS, UNIV OF AZ
RANSOME, 1922, USGS BULL 725, P. 407-428
CUMMINGS & ROMSLO, 1950, USBM RI 4732
CIMRI
KEITH, 1974; WHITCOMB, 1948
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PRODUCTIVE ZONE BELOW 440 FT, MINERALIZATION IS ALONG BEDDING PLANES AND SHEAR ZONE. |
| Deposit | THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050378 WITH RE CORD D000793 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1983 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1975 | Wilt, Jan, And Elliot, James E. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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