The Copper Queen Midland Mining Co. Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,161 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,161 Feet (1,878 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.07583, -113.83278
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Copper Queen Midland Mining Co. Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Queen Midland Mining Co. Mine
Secondary: Midland Claims
Secondary: Midnight Adit
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Floyd Meyers
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Intrusive Control By Older Faults. Steeply Dipping East-West Faults Displaces Some Veins For 5 Ft.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Complete Oxidation At Surface Creating Jarosite And Plumbojarosite. The Vein Is Altered On Both Sides To Sericite And Limonite With A Width Of 25 Ft.
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1916 , 18 , 19 : AVG. 17.4 OZ/TON AG, 0.56 % CU, 15.35 % PB. 1973 : TRACE - 0.03 OZ/TON AU, 3.0 - 9.0 OZ/TON AG ARE FROM THE INCLINE ADITS. ANALYSIS OF MIDNIGHT ADIT: TRACE AU, 2.8 OZ/TON AG, 0.5 % CU, 1.0 % PB
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Jarosite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): PROD 1916, 1918-1919
Comment (Workings): MIDNIGHT ADIT ( 550 FT. LONG ), TWO INCLINE ADITS, THREE ADITS, AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: THE QTZ MONZ IS IN CONTACT WITH THE OQUIRRH FM ON THE NW, THE MANNING CANYON FM ON THE EAST, THE OCHRE MTN LS ON THE SOUTH.
Comment (Deposit): ORE ALSO OCCURS IN A LIMONITE-QUARTZ FILLED SHEAR ZONE AND A PYROLUSITE AND PSILOMELANE-STAIN SHEAR ZONE THAT STRIKES N 30 W, DIP 47 NE, TWO FEET THICK CONTAINING 5.5 OZ/TON AG.
Comment (Commodity): VEINLETS OF 75 % FECO3 CUT ACROSS THE QTZ AND SULFIDES
References
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN,T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 177, P. 148.
Reference (Deposit): THOMSON, K. C., 1973 , MINERAL DEP OF THE DEEP CK. MTN., TOOELE & JUAB CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MINER SURV BULL 99 , P. 24
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. COMP. DATE, 05-12-1965
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