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Copper Queen Claim Group

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Uranium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  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 10046648
MRDS ID M241841
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Queen Claim Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.54093, 38.23604 (WGS84)
Elevation 1561
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 3 MILES S75E FROM CROW SPRINGS, To Workings Shown On Topo In Area Of Claims

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crow Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004N 039E 01 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT A MILE SE OF THE MARGUERITE MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY = 0.05 MR/HR
Result HIGH = 0.225 MR/HR. A 6-IN CHANNEL SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.024% EU3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.54093, 38.23604
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Crow Springs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 19.81M

Comments on the workings information

  • 65-FT SHAFT, SMALL PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, NBMG BULL. 81, P. 53

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS CUTTING GRANITIC INTRUSIVE ROCK CONTAIN COPPER, LEAD AND SILVER MINERALIZATION, AS WELL AS ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY FROM ONE PIT WHERE A 6-INCH QUARTZ VEIN IS EXPOSED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-82 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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