The Queen of Bronze Mine is a copper mine located in Josephine county, Oregon at an elevation of 2,201 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: 2,201 Feet (671 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 42.04972, -123.59861
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Queen of Bronze Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Queen of Bronze Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Oregon
County: Josephine
District: Takilma District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Waite Minerals, Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1903
Discovery Year: 1862
Discovery Method: 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
Form: IRREGULAR LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Extends 100 Ft Below Surface
Rocks
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: MANY SAMPLES ASSAY APPROXIMATELY 5% CU AND 0.10 OZ AU/TON
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Pyrrhotite
Comments
Comment (Development): ORE BODIES TERMINATE ABRUPTLY AND IT IS HAZARDOUS TO PROJECT KNOWN ORE FAR AHEAD.
Comment (Deposit): CYPRUS TYPE
Comment (Geology): PILLOW BASALTS HOST MINERALIZATION. INTENSE POST-MINERALIZATION FAULTING.
Comment (Deposit): HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT DISCONNECTED LENSES WERE ALL ONE BODY DISRUPTED BY POST-MINERALIZATION FAULTING. RECORD N M013276) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.
Comment (Commodity): ORE OCCURS AS DISCONNECTED BODIES, IRREGULAR IN OUTLINE, RANGING FROM MERC STRINGERS TO DEPOSITS AS LARGE AS 10,000 TONS.
References
Reference (Deposit): SHENON, P.J., 1933, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TAKILMA - WALDO DISTRICT, OREGON INCLUDING THE BLUE CREEK DISTRICT: USGS BULL. 846-B P. 163-167
Reference (Deposit): 1950 DIREXPL U.S.B.M. RPT. - INV. 5187
Reference (Production): USBM
Reference (Deposit): HUNDHAUSEN, R.J., 1956, PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF THE TAKILMA - WALDO COPPER DISTRICT, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RPT. INV. 5187
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, P.33.
Reference (Deposit): 1930 GEOLMAP SHENON, P.J. BULL. 846-B
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