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Copper Queen Midland Mining Co. Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021234
MRDS ID DC15249
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Queen Midland Mining Co. Mine
Alternate or previous names Midland Claims, Midnight Adit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.83362, 40.07576 (WGS84)
Elevation 1878
Relative position E OF BENCHMARK 5855

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clifton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wildcat Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009S 018W 02 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VEINLETS OF 75 % FECO3 CUT ACROSS THE QTZ AND SULFIDES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Jarosite Ore
Limonite Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Complete Oxidation At Surface Creating Jarosite And Plumbojarosite. The Vein Is Altered On Both Sides To Sericite And Limonite With A Width Of 25 Ft.

Analytical data

Result 1916 , 18 , 19 : AVG. 17.4 OZ/TON AG, 0.56 % CU, 15.35 % PB. 1973 : TRACE - 0.03 OZ/TON AU, 3.0 - 9.0 OZ/TON AG ARE FROM THE INCLINE ADITS. ANALYSIS OF MIDNIGHT ADIT: TRACE AU, 2.8 OZ/TON AG, 0.5 % CU, 1.0 % PB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.83362, 40.07576
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Intrusive Control By Older Faults. Steeply Dipping East-West Faults Displaces Some Veins For 5 Ft.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 15 - 30 E
    Dip 25 - 40 W
    Length 188.98M
    Width 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE QTZ MONZ IS IN CONTACT WITH THE OQUIRRH FM ON THE NW, THE MANNING CANYON FM ON THE EAST, THE OCHRE MTN LS ON THE SOUTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clifton (Gold Hill) District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Floyd Meyers

Comments on the production information

  • PROD 1916, 1918-1919

Comments on the workings information

  • MIDNIGHT ADIT ( 550 FT. LONG ), TWO INCLINE ADITS, THREE ADITS, AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NOLAN,T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 177, P. 148.

  • Deposit

    THOMSON, K. C., 1973 , MINERAL DEP OF THE DEEP CK. MTN., TOOELE & JUAB CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MINER SURV BULL 99 , P. 24

  • Deposit

    CONSV. COMP. DATE, 05-12-1965

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE ALSO OCCURS IN A LIMONITE-QUARTZ FILLED SHEAR ZONE AND A PYROLUSITE AND PSILOMELANE-STAIN SHEAR ZONE THAT STRIKES N 30 W, DIP 47 NE, TWO FEET THICK CONTAINING 5.5 OZ/TON AG.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1975 Mc Coy, Gail U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1978 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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