Copper Queen #4 Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  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 10044008
MRDS ID M231323
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Queen #4 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.05427, 40.62157 (WGS84)
Elevation 1754

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 044E 29,30 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Copper Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyritic

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Harmony Formation;Harmony Formation
    Rock description Harmony Formation;Harmony Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.05427, 40.62157

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N65E
    Dip 40-45NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zones, Sheared Areas

Comments on the geologic information

  • PYRITE, CHALCOCITE AND CHRYSOCOLLA ARE DISMINATED IN SANDSTONE AND SHALE THROUGHOUT THE WORKINGS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1918
Year of first production 1927

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • THIS MINE PRODUCED 11,000 TONS ORE AVG. 5-10% CU FROM 1927 TO 1930, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE ABOVE COMBINED PRODUCTION FOR BOTH COPPER QUEEN MINES FROM 1917 TO 1951 (ALSO INCLUDES 6129 LB. PB.)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 518.16M

Comments on development

  • PRODUCTION FROM 1927 TO 1930 WAS 11,000 TONS ORE WITH 5-10% CU.

Reference information

General comments

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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