The Copper Queen Claim is a copper mine located in Okanogan county, Washington.
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Mine Info
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Copper Queen Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Queen Claim
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Myers Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative 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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Location): NE SLOPE BUCKHORN MTN.; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.
Comment (Development): ADITS, SHAFT, OPEN CUTS
Comment (Deposit): SHEAR ZONE IN QTZITE AND SKARN CARRIES DISSEMINATED ORE MINERALS.
Comment (Workings): 100 FT ADIT, 30 FT ADIT, DEEP SHAFT, 8 OR MORE OPEN CUTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 63-64.
Reference (Deposit): WASH. DGER BULL 73, P. 10-11, FIG. 3, PLATE 1
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