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Copper Queen

Past Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033319
MRDS ID M015629
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Queen

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.11518, 44.95708 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 MILES NORTH OF HALFWAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Halfway(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brownlee Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 007S 046E 17 SE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cuprite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Clover Creek Greenstone
    Rock description Clover Creek Greenstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.11518, 44.95708
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ZONE OF ENRICHMENT EXTENDS APPROXIMATELY 20 FT BELOW SURFACE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cornucopia

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner D. Carper

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1956, ODGMI FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    1966 RECON ODGM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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