| Deposit ID | 10034200 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M020924 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Copper Queen Group |
| Related records | 10287129 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -122.67333, 41.06456 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 914 |
| Relative position | 2 MI NORTHEAST OF CARRVILLE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Trinity(county)
California(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Carrville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mount Shasta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Trinity(hydrologic unit)
Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)
Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)
California(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Shasta-Trinity National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | California | Trinity |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 037N | 007W | 16 | N2 OF SE4 | California |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Mercury | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 179 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 27c |
| Deposit model name | Silica-carbonate Hg |
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone |
| (1) | -122.67333, 41.06456 |
|---|
| General form | FRACTURE COATINGS, DISSEMINATED, VEIN |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Production years | 1956 |
| District name | Trinity Fork District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Recreation Area |
|---|---|
| Area name | In Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Hoover Drilling Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. M. And I. M. Foster |
| First year | 1965 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M020924 |
BROWN, G.C., 1916, TRINITY COUNTY, IN 14TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 879.
O'BRIEN, J.C., 1965, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF TRINITY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT 4, P. 21, 61, 120.
AVERILL, C.V., 1931, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE SHASTA QUADRANGLE, IN 27TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 32.
MACDONALD, D.F., 1913, NOTES ON THE GOLD LODES OF THE CARRVILLE DISTRICT, TRINITY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 530, P. 29-30.
O'BRIEN, J.C., 1965 , P. 21
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE IN SEAMS AND FRACTURES. ZONE OF SECONDARY CHALCOCITE CARRIES GOLD. ORE LIES IN UPPER PART OF GREEN, FINE-GRAINED GREENSTONE DIKE. WHERE DIKE CUTS SERPENTINE, ORE IS RICH IN CU, AU. WHERE IT CUTS ANDESITE, CU VEINS ARE SMALL. RICHEST ORE ON WESTERN (HANGING) WALL OF SMALL LAMPROPHYRE DIKES WHERE THEY CUT ORE BODY. SEE MACDONALD (1912) |
| Deposit | MRDS RECORDS M023767, M055581 HAVE BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1979 | Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1991 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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