| Deposit ID | 10044007 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M231322 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Copper Queen #1 Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Dipper |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.05816, 40.6199 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1753 |
| Relative position | 8 MILES WSW OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lander(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Galena Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Reese(hydrologic unit)
Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)
Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)
Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Lander |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 032N | 044E | 30 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | Harmony Formation;Harmony Formation |
| Rock description | Harmony Formation;Harmony Formation |
| (1) | -117.05816, 40.6199 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | W-N-W Trending Faults |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N60-75W |
| Dip | 32-45NE |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1880 |
| Year of first production | 1885 |
| District name | Battle Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 65.53M |
| Overall depth | 57.91M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231322 |
ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SECONDARILY-ENRICHED FAULT ZONE |
| Deposit | COPPER QUEEN #1 WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE EARLIEST DISCOVERIES IN THE COPPER BASIN AREA. PRODUCTION BEGAN IN THE 1880'S AND CONTINUED SPROADICALLY UNTIL 1930. W.G. LEE AND C.W. BURGE SOLD THE PROPERTY IN 1921 TO H. LEMAIRE AND J. WATT. WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 190 FT INCLINED SHAFT AND 215 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1980 | La Pointe, D.D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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