Copper Queen Mine

The Copper Queen Mine is a copper mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,249 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Copper Queen Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Arsenic

Location

State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Agua Fria District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Mrs. Manley
Years: 1970 -

Owner Name: L. Bennet

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1901
Year Last Production: 1967
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Foliation And Transposed Bedding In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N-S To N15w

Type: L
Description: Massive Sulfide Lenses Parallel Stratigraphic Units

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization, Sericitization

Rocks

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tennantite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Chlorite
Unknown: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSTI IS MASSIVE SULFIDE LENS IN PROTEROZOIC METAVOLCANIC ROCKS. MASSIVE SULFIDE LENS LOCALIZED IN OR NEAR RHYOLITE-ANDESITE CONTACTS. SULFIDE BANDS PARALLEL TO BEDDING.

Comment (Workings): PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENT IS BY 3 ADITS AND A SHAFT LOCATED NEAR ADIT NO. 1.

Comment (Location): COPPER QUEEN MINE MISLABELED ON MAP; CORRECT LOCATION IS INDICATED BY TWO ADIT SYMBOLS TO THE EAST OF A DRY WASH; ONE IS LOCATED CLOSE TO THE WASH IN SECTION 6; THE SECOND IS LOCATED FARTHER UPHILL FROM THE FIRST, IN SECTION 36

Comment (Development): ORIGINAL HOLDINGS INCLUDED 25 CLAIMS

References

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, 1926, USGS BULL 782, P. 148.

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, C.A., AND BLACET, P.M., 1972, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN BRADSHAW MOUNTAINS, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1336, P. 75.

Reference (Deposit): BROOK, D.K., JR., 1974, RELATIVE AGES OF STRATA-FORM SULPHIDE ORE AND WALL ROCK, DETERMINED BY A STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF THE COPPER QUEEN MINE, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: MASTERS THESIS, UNIV. OF ARIZONA

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