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Miners Queen Mine

Past Producer in Skamania county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver, Tungsten
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047851
MRDS ID M700180
Record type Site
Current site name Miners Queen Mine
Alternate or previous names Columbia Gold and Copper Mine, Silver Star
Related records 10204735

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.19146, 45.77537 (WGS84)
Elevation 594
Relative position 2.5 MI NORTHEAST OF SILVER STAR MOUNTAIN. ABOUT 10 MI NORTH OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER. 4.5 MI BY ROAD FROM SUNSET RANGER STATION; 15 MI TO RAILROAD AT YACOLT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skamania(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gumboot Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lewis(hydrologic unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gifford Pinchot National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Skamania

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 003N 005E 03,04,05,08,09 CENTER OF NW OF NE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG MINER'S CREEK, A TRIBUTARY TO COPPER CREEK. UNSURVEYED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE MO AND W OCCUR LOCALLY IN SOME TOURMALINE BRECCIA BODIES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Potassic, Phyllic, Argillic, And Propylitic Outward From Center Of Deposit. Silicification Is Ubiquitous In Breccia Zone. Quartz-Sericite And Propylitic Zones Are Very Narrow

Analytical data

Result BEST ORE SHOWS ABOUT 3% CU. ZONE OF COPPER MINERALIZATION CONTAINS 0.1-0.72% CU. 5 DRILL CORES NEAR MINE WORKINGS ASSAYED 0.65-3.11% CU, WITH 170 FT OF CORE AVERAGING 0.67% CU. BRECCIA ZONES SHOWED 0.07-14.30% CU (AVERAGE 1.30%) AS WELL AS TR-0.02 OZ/TON AU, 0.03-0.17 OZ/TON AG. MO IS TOO SPARSE TO BE SIGNIFICANT. AU:CU = 0.004 OZ:1%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Skamania Volcanics;Skamania Volcanics;Skamania Volcanics
    Rock description Skamania Volcanics;Skamania Volcanics;Skamania Volcanics
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Silver Star Pluton;Silver Star Pluton
    Rock description Silver Star Pluton;Silver Star Pluton

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.19146, 45.77537
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description E-W Structures Are Mineralized. Breccia Is Cut By A Complex Series Of Post-Mineral Faults

Ore body information

  • General form STOCKWORK, DISSEMINATED IN BRECCIA BODIES
    Length 68.58M
    Width 38.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • COPPER IS PRESENT IN POTASSIC AND PHYLLIC ZONES. THERE ARE MANY OTHER BRECCIAS IN AREA. GRANT (1976) INDICATED THAT THIS IS A HIGH-LEVEL MINERALIZING SYSTEM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895

Mining district

District name Washougal District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Plexus Resources Corp.
    First year 1992
  • Type Owner
    Owner I. W. Mcmahon, Portland, Oreg.
    First year 1956

Production statistics

  • Year 1952
    Material ORE CU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^Averaged 3.4% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 3wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ONLY SHIPMENT MADE OFFROM THE MINE. SHIPPED TO THE TACOMA SMELTER.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GRANT (1969) BELIEVED THE AREA WAS FAVORABLE FOR FURTHER EXPLORATION

Comments on the workings information

  • 155 FT ADIT WITH SEVERAL SHORT LATERALS. 4 SHORT ADITS 20-85 FT LONG, 2 35-FT SHAFTS, NOW FILLED WITH WATER

Comments on development

  • LITTLE KNOWN OF EARLY HISTORY; ONLY SHIPMENT MADE IN 1952. IN 1955, THE USBM EVALUATED MINERALIZATION WITH 5 DIAMOND DRILL HOLES TOTALING 628 FT AND EXAMINED ACCESSIBLE WORKINGS. FROM 1974-1977, PROPERTY WAS BEING INVESTIGATED BY AMACO AS A PORPHYRY COPPER PROSPECT. PLEXUS WAS DOING MAPPING, GEOCHEMISTRY, DRILLING, AND BASELINE STUDIES IN 1992

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    1952

  • Deposit

    GRANT, A.R., 1969, CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL CONTROLS FOR BASE METAL DEPOSITION IN THE CASCADE RANGE OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 58, P. 88-90.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 78.

  • Deposit

    MOEN, W.S., 1977, ST. HELENS AND WASHOUGAL MINING DISTRICTS OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 60, P. 43-46.

  • Deposit

    HOLLISTER, V.F., 1979, PORPHYRY COPPER-TYPE DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE VOLCANIC ARC, WASHINGTON: MINERALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, V. 11, P. 25-26.

  • Deposit

    ASHLEY, R.P., AND PETERSON, J.A., 1991, FIELD EXAM WITH PLEXUS RESOURCES CORP.

  • Deposit

    GRANT, A.R., 1976, REPORT OF EVALUATION, MINERAL RESOURCE ANALYSIS STUDY ON UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE LAND, STATE OF WASHINGTON: UNPUB. REPORT PREPARED FOR U.S. FOREST SERVICE - REGION 6, CONTRACT NO. 004724N, P. 23.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, W.M., 1987, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE VANCOUVER QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON AND OREGON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 87-10, SCALE 1:100,000.

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E., GULICK, C.W., AND LINGLEY, W.S., JR., 1993, WASHINGTON'S MINERAL INDUSTRY - 1992: WASHINGTON GEOLOGY, V. 21, NO. 1, P. 3-25.

  • Production

    MOEN (1977)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MRDS RECORDS D000684, W017887 HAVE BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED. PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Deposit LOCATION MAP AND PLAN MAP OF MINE WORKINGS IN MOEN (1977). GEOLOGIC MAP OF SILVER STAR AREA IN GRANT (1969) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1890'S
Deposit DEPOSIT HAS BEEN GIVEN THE INFORMAL NAME OF A BRECCIA PIPE CU DEPOSIT, FOR WHICH THERE IS NO PUBLISHED MODEL. DEPOSIT IS IN BRECCIAS AND NORTHEAST-TRENDING FRACTURE ZONES NEAR NORTH EDGE OF SILVER STAR PLUTON. HIGHLY BRECCIATED AREAS CONTAIN ABOUT 1% CU, WHEREAS AREAS BETWEEN HAVE RELATIVELY FRESH, SLIGHTLY FRACTURED ROCK THAT CONTAINS LESS THAN 0.10% CU. ALTERATION AND MINERALIZATION ARE POSITIVELY CORRELATED WITH THE DEGREE OF BRECCIATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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