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Copper Queen Mine

Past Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Arsenic
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027247
MRDS ID M002607
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Queen Mine
Related records 10137445

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.19018, 34.45644 (WGS84)
Elevation 1295
Relative position 4.5 MILES NE OF MAYE.R

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 012N;013N 002E 06;36 NW OF NE (06); SW OF SE (36) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • COPPER QUEEN MINE MISLABELED ON MAP; CORRECT LOCATION IS INDICATED BY TWO ADIT SYMBOLS TO THE EAST OF A DRY WASH; ONE IS LOCATED CLOSE TO THE WASH IN SECTION 6; THE SECOND IS LOCATED FARTHER UPHILL FROM THE FIRST, IN SECTION 36

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tennantite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization, Sericitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Spud Mountain Volcanics
    Rock description Spud Mountain Volcanics
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Lower Unit Of Spud Mountain Volcanics
    Rock description Lower Unit Of Spud Mountain Volcanics
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.19018, 34.45644
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation And Transposed Bedding In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N-S To N15w
Type of structure Local
Structure description Massive Sulfide Lenses Parallel Stratigraphic Units

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Width 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphy, Igneous Activity

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1901
Year of last production 1967

Mining district

District name Agua Fria District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner L. Bennet
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Manley
    First year 1970

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 4.206HA
    Length 2438.4M
    Overall depth 274.32M
    Overall length 243.84M
    Overall width 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENT IS BY 3 ADITS AND A SHAFT LOCATED NEAR ADIT NO. 1.

Comments on development

  • ORIGINAL HOLDINGS INCLUDED 25 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, 1926, USGS BULL 782, P. 148.

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, C.A., AND BLACET, P.M., 1972, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN BRADSHAW MOUNTAINS, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1336, P. 75.

  • Deposit

    BROOK, D.K., JR., 1974, RELATIVE AGES OF STRATA-FORM SULPHIDE ORE AND WALL ROCK, DETERMINED BY A STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF THE COPPER QUEEN MINE, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: MASTERS THESIS, UNIV. OF ARIZONA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSTI IS MASSIVE SULFIDE LENS IN PROTEROZOIC METAVOLCANIC ROCKS. MASSIVE SULFIDE LENS LOCALIZED IN OR NEAR RHYOLITE-ANDESITE CONTACTS. SULFIDE BANDS PARALLEL TO BEDDING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1981 Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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