Copper Queen Mine

The Copper Queen Mine is a copper mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,201 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Copper Queen Mine
Secondary: Tendoy Copper Queen

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Thorium
Tertiary: Uranium

Location

State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Mcdevitt Mining 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

Type: Unknown

Ownership

Owner Name: Charles Kapp

Owner Name: Elmer Johnson

Production

Year: 1912
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^28.3 % Cu, 6 Oz Ag, 24.75 $/Ton Au
Year: 1908
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^45. % Cu, 8 Oz Ag, 1 Oz/Ton Au
Year: 1911
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^29.4 % Cu, 5.2 Oz Ag, .81 Oz/Ton Au

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1905
Discovery Year: 1883
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
Physiographic Detail: Beaverhead Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR SHOOTS

Structure

Type: R
Structure: Cookhouse Fault Breccia Zone

Type: L
Structure: Slickensides

Type: L
Structure: Joints

Type: L
Structure: Fault

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Sericite

Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Gouge

Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Oxidation

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene

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

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: THORITE VEIN CONTAINED 0.01% U3O8 AND 0.56% THO2
Analytical Data: 1 VEINLET HAD 0.034% CU, 0.005% U, 0.17% THO2

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Thorite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Cubanite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Location): Located On S Fk Agency Creek About 1 Mi N Of Wonder Lode Property; 3 Mi W Of Idaho-Montana Line

Comment (Geology): Belt Supergroup Has Ave. Dip 30 Deg Nw; Majority Of Joints Trend N 45 Deg W

Comment (Production): Item 2: 2 Cars Shipped; Item 8: $100,000 Value; Item 3: 18 Cars Shipped; Item 4: Recovered From Amalgamation Plates

Comment (Development): 12 Claims ; Econ.Com: Mine Flooded, Mill In Ruins (1962)

Comment (Deposit): Main Vein Is Cookhouse Vein, Described Above; Blue Boar Vein Trends N 70 Deg W And Dips 55 Deg N; Princess Pat Vein Trends N 53 Deg W And Dips 66 Deg NE And Is 1 Ft Wide; The Quartz-Hematite-Malachite Vein Is 4-10 Inches Wide, Trends N 85 Deg W And Dips 43 Deg Ne; The Thorite Vein Is 1 Ft Wide And 25 Ft Long

Comment (Workings): Mine Developed By 400-Ft Long Inclined Shaft, 4 Levels And An Adit. Average Width Of Main (Cookhouse) Vein Is 3 1/2ft

Comment (Geology): Original Structures entry: Local - Fault Plane Dips 30-80 Deg Nw; Joints; Slickensides

Comment (Geology): Original concentration process entry: Mesothermal

Comment (Geology): Original alteration entry: Local - Oxidation, Gouge, Sericite

Comment (Geology): Original ore control entry: The Cookhouse Fault Breccia Zone Dips Nw, Trends N 40-70 Deg E

References

Reference (Deposit): Umpleby, J.B., 1913, Geology And Ore Deposits Of Lemhi County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 528, P. 118-121

Reference (Deposit): Schipper, W.B., 1955, The Tendoy Copper Queen Mine, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M.S. Thesis, 37 P.

Reference (Deposit): Staatz, M.H., 1972, Geology And Description Of The Thorium-Bearing Veins, Lemhi Pass Quadrangle, Idaho And Montana: USGS Bull 1351, 94 P.

Reference (Production): Items 1,2,3,8, Sharp, W.N., And Cavendar, W.S., 1962, USGS Bull 1126; Items 4,5, Schipper, W.B., 1955, Univ. Of Idaho M.S. Thesis

Reference (Deposit): Sharp, W.N., And Cavendar, W.S., 1962, Geology And Thorium-Bearing Deposits Of The Lemhi Pass Area, Lemhi County, Idaho, And Beaverhead County, Montana: USGS Bull 1126, 76 P.

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