Copper Queen

Past Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10137445
MRDS ID M002607
MAS/MILS ID 0040250572
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Queen
Alternate or previous names Grey Eagle Copper Co Property, Patented Claims M S 1854, 2959,3430
Related records 10027247

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.19294, 34.45565 (WGS84)
Elevation 1338
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mayer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 012 N 002 E 06 S2NENW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.19294, 34.45565

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Rex Ricks
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MAYER QUAD,7.5 MIN.

  • Deposit

    BLM MINING DISTRICT SHEET 45

  • Deposit

    YAVAPAI MAGAZINE MARCH 1918 P 4-6 SCHARLOT HALL MUSEUM

  • Deposit

    PRESCOTT AZ

  • Deposit

    ADMR COPPER QUEEN MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN W ORE DEPOSITS OF THE JEROME AND BRADSHAW MTN QUADS

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 782 1926 P 148

  • Deposit

    WEED W H THE MINES HANDBOOK 1920 VOL X1V P 349

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.