Gold Queen Mine

Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver
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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109784
MRDS ID M241212
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Queen Mine
Alternate or previous names Cocreham and Haywood

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.86902, 33.14565 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 3/4 MILE NORTH OF MANHATTAN MOUNTAIN (ELEVATION 4417 FT), Group Of Adits, Cen Point Used

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

El Capitan Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 003S 014E 25 W OF CENTER OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ADIT USED FOR LOCATION IS 500 M WNW OF LOCATION USED FOR DRIPPING SPRINGS MINES, BOTH MINES ARE GROUPS OF SHAFTS AND ADITS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MAINLY A GOLD MINE, DRIPPING SPRINGS MINE TO E PRODUCED MORE COPPER

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Martin Limestone;Troy Quartzite
    Rock description Martin Limestone;Troy Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.86902, 33.14565

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Closely Spaced Network Of Ew And Ns Faults Through Troy Quartzite, Bolsa, Abrigo, And Martin Formations, All With Varying Dip Due To Faulting
Type of structure Local
Structure description A E-W Trending Rhyodacite Dike Runs Through Mine Area, And 2 Ew Trending Normal Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEE DRIPPING SPRINGS MINE ENTRY AND USGS 6Q 1442 FOR MORE DETAILS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1936
Year of last production 1950

Mining district

District name Dripping Springs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cocreham Brothers, 1950

Comments on the production information

  • ABGMT-USBM PRODUCTION INCLUDES SOME 1939 PRODUCTION FROM THE GOLD NUGGET, ADJACENT TO THE GOLD QUEEN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 762M
    Overall depth 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2000 FT OF TUNNELLING IN 1939

Comments on development

  • OWNED BY THE COCREHAM BROTHERS, SOMETIMES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A MAN NAMED HAYWOOD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP 6Q 1442, 1978

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-82 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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