The Copper Queen Group is a copper mine located in Trinity county, California at an elevation of 2,999 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
Elevation: 2,999 Feet (914 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 41.06472, -122.67222
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Copper Queen Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Queen Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Trinity
District: Trinity Fork District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Recreation Area
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.
Administrative Organization: In Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: J. M. And I. M. Foster
Years: 1965 -
Owner Name: Hoover Drilling Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Silica-carbonate Hg
Orebody
Form: FRACTURE COATINGS, DISSEMINATED, VEIN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dike Is Chloritized
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): OCCURENCE OF CINNABAR NOTED ON FLOOR OF OPEN-CUT ON WEST END.
Comment (Deposit): ORE IN SEAMS AND FRACTURES. ZONE OF SECONDARY CHALCOCITE CARRIES GOLD. ORE LIES IN UPPER PART OF GREEN, FINE-GRAINED GREENSTONE DIKE. WHERE DIKE CUTS SERPENTINE, ORE IS RICH IN CU, AU. WHERE IT CUTS ANDESITE, CU VEINS ARE SMALL. RICHEST ORE ON WESTERN (HANGING) WALL OF SMALL LAMPROPHYRE DIKES WHERE THEY CUT ORE BODY. SEE MACDONALD (1912)
Comment (Workings): PRIOR TO 1905 : ONE ADIT ABOUT 225 FT LONG AND A SHALLOW SHAFT WITH DRIFTS EAST AND WEST NEAR CONTACT BETWEEN DIORITE AND SERPENTINE. OPEN CUT.
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT SOUNDS LIKE A MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT OVERPRINTED WITH A SILICA-CARBONATE HG DEPOSIT
Comment (Location): AT HEAD OF COPPER CREEK
Comment (Production): HOOVER DRILLING CO., IN 1956 SHIPPED TWO CARLOADS OF SURFACE MATERIAL. THEY DRILLED A 78 FT. DEEP HOLE-DID NOT FIND ORE.
Comment (Deposit): MRDS RECORDS M023767, M055581 HAVE BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED
References
Reference (Production): O'BRIEN, J.C., 1965 , P. 21
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1931, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE SHASTA QUADRANGLE, IN 27TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 32.
Reference (Deposit): MACDONALD, D.F., 1913, NOTES ON THE GOLD LODES OF THE CARRVILLE DISTRICT, TRINITY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 530, P. 29-30.
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, G.C., 1916, TRINITY COUNTY, IN 14TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 879.
Reference (Deposit): O'BRIEN, J.C., 1965, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF TRINITY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT 4, P. 21, 61, 120.
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