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Copper Queen Mine

Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078754
MRDS ID W027366
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Queen Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.46569, 37.85917 (WGS84)
Elevation 3109
Relative position 1.4 MILES NORTH OF ABAJO PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Abajo Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Montezuma(hydrologic unit)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Manti-La Sal 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 Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 033S 022E Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 , SE 1/4 , SE 1/4 , SEC 35 (UNSURVEYED)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Mancos Shale, Dakota Sandstone;Laccolithic Diorite
    Rock description Mancos Shale, Dakota Sandstone;Laccolithic Diorite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 5 DEG E
    Dip 52 DEG W
    Thickness 0.15M
    Length 30.48M
    Depth to top 9.14M
    Depth to bottom 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Abajo Mountains

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Rigby Wright

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO TUNNELS AND THREE SHAFTS. ALL ARE CAVED EXCEPT ONE TUNNEL WHICH HAS 100 FT. OF WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITKIND, I. J., 1964 , GEOLOGY OF THE ABAJO MOUNTAINS AREA, SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH, U. S. G. S. PROFESSIONAL PAPER 453

  • Deposit

    1964 RECON WHITKIND, I. J., GEOLOGY OF THE ABAJO MOUNTAIN

  • Reserve-Resource

    LEE I. PERRY, 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPLACEMENT ON BEDDING PLANES BY COPPER MINERALS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1977 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

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