The Copper Queen Prospects is a copper mine located in Wasatch county, Utah at an elevation of 8,419 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: 8,419 Feet (2,566 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.59389, -111.47722
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Copper Queen Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Queen Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Wasatch
District: Park City 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Unite Arch
Type: L
Description: Dutch Hollow Thrust Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Granodiorite Porphyry Is Locally Partially Altered
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Goethite
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Development): IN 1924 IT WAS PART OF THE VERDUN CLAIM GROUP, ONE TUNNEL HAD BEEN DRIVEN 175 FEET, NO ORE HAD BEEN SHIPPED
Comment (Workings): SIX COLLAPSED ADITS, FOUR OCCUR TOGETHER AND ARE REPRESENTED BY THE SE ADIT SYMBOL ON THE MAP, WORKINGS PROBABLY EXCEED A TOTAL OF 300 FEET.
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION OCCURSON BRECCIATED CONTACT BETWEEN QUARTZITE AND GRANODIORITE PORPHYRY
Comment (Location): LOCATION TO EASTERN MOST ADIT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973
References
Reference (Deposit): BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 77, P. 194.
Reference (Deposit): HIGGIN, W.C. (ED.), 1924, SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, VOL. 26, APRIL 30, 1924, P. 21.
Reference (Deposit): BROMFIELD, C.S., AND OTHERS, 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HEBER CITY QUADRANGLE, WASATCH AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS MAP. GQ-864.
Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1983, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.
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