| Deposit ID | 10109508 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M031208 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Copper Queen Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Signal Mine |
| Related records | 10296187 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.60697, 39.70271 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2575 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
White Pine(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Silver Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Kern Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Spring-Steptoe Valleys(hydrologic unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | White Pine |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 21N | 65E | 11 | SW OF SW | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Sericite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| (1) | -114.60697, 39.70271 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Fault, Eastward-Trending |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Fault, Dikes |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Aurum (Silver Canyon Subdistrict) |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 9.14M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M031208 |
HILL, JAMES M, 1916 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, US GEO. BULL. 648
HOSE, R. K., BLAKE, M. C. JR., AND SMITH, R., 1976, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 85
USBM, 1983, MILS DATA
HILL 1916
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1979 | Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1984 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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