| Deposit ID | 10044008 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M231323 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Copper Queen #4 Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.05427, 40.62157 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1754 |
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 | 29,30 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Copper | Ore |
| Cuprite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Rock unit name | Harmony Formation;Harmony Formation |
| Rock description | Harmony Formation;Harmony Formation |
| (1) | -117.05427, 40.62157 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Trending Faults |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N65E |
| Dip | 40-45NW |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1918 |
| Year of first production | 1927 |
| District name | Battle Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 518.16M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231323 |
ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FAULT ZONE WITH DISSEMINATIONS |
| Deposit | THE OREBODY ON THE COPPEQUEEN #4 CLAIM WAS DISCOVERED ABOUT 1918 THIS OREBODY YIELDED 11,000 TONS OF ORE WITH A GRADE OF 5 TO 10% CU BETWEEN 1927 AND 1930. THIS IS TOTALLY DISTINCT FROM THE COPPER QUEEN #1 MINE WHICH IS ON A SEPARATE FAULT, ALTHOUGH PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE COMBINED FOR THE TWO MINES. COPPER QUEEN #4 HAS ABOUT 1700 FT OF WORKINGS ; 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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