Copper Queen Mine

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Molybdenum, Tungsten
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 10103750
MRDS ID M050378
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Queen Mine
Alternate or previous names Queen
Related records 10259245

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.05819, 31.89873 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position 1/4 MI S OF TWIN BUTTES

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 018S 013E 06 NW4 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary
Gold Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Marcasite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Magnetite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Garnetized, Silicated, Pyrometamorphosed Limestone; Some Enrichmen T; Partly Oxidized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.05819, 31.89873

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Bedding Planes And Sheared Fault Contact Zone

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, TABULAR
    Depth to top 134.11M
    Depth to bottom 213.36M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Bedding Plane And Sheared Fault Contact Zone. Some Shattering Controlled Fluids

Comments on the geologic information

  • PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE ALSO SOMEWHAT MINERALIZED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pima District

Production statistics

  • Year 1957
    Period 1900-1957
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^4.2% Cu, 1oz/Tag, Minor Zn, Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 28g/mt
    Minor Ore Copper Copper 4wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1900-1957. TOTAL PRODUCTION AS OF 194 8 WAS $1,747,852.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WORKINGS; 900 FT INCLINE SHAFT, EXTENSIVE UNDERGROUND WORKI NGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, 1926, MS THESIS, UNIV OF AZ

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 134

  • Deposit

    WHITCOMB, 1948, MS THESIS, UNIV OF AZ

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, 1922, USGS BULL 725, P. 407-428

  • Deposit

    CUMMINGS & ROMSLO, 1950, USBM RI 4732

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    KEITH, 1974; WHITCOMB, 1948

General comments

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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