The Copper Queen is a copper mine located in Alaska.
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Copper Queen MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Queen
Secondary: Rarus
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Iron
Location
State: Alaska
District: Chistochina
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Cu
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): Age = Jurrasic
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Contact metamorphic deposit consisting of veinlets and small irregular bodies of magnetite, pyrrhotite, pyrite and chalcopyrite in faulted and silicified and garnetized Triassic Chitistone Limestone adjacent to Jurassic granodiorite pluton.
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = See also: War Eagle (MC062)
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Cu skarn
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Moffit and Mertie, 1923
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Moffit and Mertie (1923) report that workings consist of a 433 ft adit and a 50 ft crosscut; MacKevett (1976) reports a 360-m adit. Adit caved at portal in 1943. Type of workings: underground
References
Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., Smith, J.G., Jones, D.L., and Winkler, G.R., 1978, Geologic map of the McCarthy C-8 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-1418, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
Reference (Deposit): Moffit, F.H., and Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1923, The Kotsina-Kuskulana district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 745, 149 p.
Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., 1976, Mineral deposits and occurrences in the McCarthy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-773-B, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., Smith, J.G., Jones, D.L., and Winkler, G.R., 1978, Geologic map of the McCarthy C-8 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-1418, scale 1:63,360.
Reference (Deposit): Van Alstine, R.E., and Black, R.F., 1946, Copper deposits of the Kotsina-Kuskulana district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 947-G, p. 121-141.
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