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Black Queen Mine

Prospect in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10258080
MAS/MILS ID 0040030245
Record type Site
Current site name Black Queen Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.19424, 31.93953 (WGS84)
Elevation 1747
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Portal(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado 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 Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 017 S 031 E 20 NE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.19424, 31.93953
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name California District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Eppley

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZ BUR MINES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USGS PORTAL QUAD

  • Deposit

    BROWN S D 1993 USBM OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 12-93

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE SHORT DECLINES, LARGEST ONE IS 25 FT. SMALL, DISCONTINUOUS REPLACEMENT ZONES IN LIMESTONE, IN AND NEAR CONTACT WITH IGNEOUS ROCK. MINERALS NOTED INCLUDE AZURITE, CHALCOPYRITE, GALENA, MALACHITE, PYRITE, SPHALERITE. A SELECT SAMPLE FROM THE DUMP ASSAYED 2.0% COPPER, 5.3% LEAD, 55 PPM SILVER, AND 2.2% ZINC; LOW CONCENTRATIONS OF OTHER METALS. ANY PRODUCTION WOULD HAVE BEEN SMALL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-JUL-93 ADMR/Brown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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