The Copper Queen is a gold, copper, and silver mine located in Josephine county, Oregon.
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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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Copper Queen MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Queen
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Josephine
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Production): TWO CARLOADS SHIPPED IN 1934 AVERAGED 0.44 OZ/TON GOLD AND 2.7 OZ/TON SILVER; COPPER VALUES WERE LOW. SEVERAL CARLOADS OF COPPER ORE WERE SHIPPED IN 1916.
Comment (Workings): CAVED TWO CARLOADS SHIPPED IN 1934 AVERAGED 0.44 OZ/TON GOLD AND 2.7 OZ/TON SILVER; COPPER VALUES WERE LOW. SEVERAL CARLOADS OF COPPER ORE WERE SHIPPED IN 1916.
Comment (Deposit): DELETE RECORD NO. M013376 FROM OREGON FILE
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, P. 99
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 224
Reference (Deposit): PARKS, H. M., AND SWARTLEY, A. M., HANDBOOK OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF OREGON: OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON, VOL. 2, NO. 4, P. 73
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N. V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 100, TABLE 1, NO. 113
Reference (Deposit): 5) BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 5
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