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Copper Queen Mine

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Lead
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046041
MRDS ID M233950
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Queen Mine
Alternate or previous names Copper ?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.8156, 40.56798 (WGS84)
Elevation 2690
Relative position ESE OF KILLIE MINIE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spruce Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wendover(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Long-Ruby Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
031N 063E 14 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • S OF ROAD TO BLACK FOREST MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Lead Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.8156, 40.56798
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N35E
    Dip 50NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916

Mining district

District name Spruce Mountain

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • 100-FT VERTICAL SHAFT, INCLINE, DRIFTS, 400-FT CROSSCUT ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILL, JAMES M., (1916), NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, USGS BULL. 648

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LENSES OF COPPER AND LEAD CAR BONATES OCCUR IRREGULARY IN A ZONE OF CRUSHED LIMESTONE BETWEEN THE FAULT AND THE PORPHYRY DIKE.
Deposit THE COPPER QUEEN MINE WAS DEVELOPED BY A 100 FT VERTICAL SHAFT, AN INCLINE WITH DRIFTS AND A 400 FT CROSSCUT ADIT. LENSES OF COPPER AND LEAD CARBONATES OCCUR IRREGULARLY IN A ZONE OF CRUSHED LIMESTONE BETWEEN THE FAULT AND THE PORPHYRY DIKE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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