The Copper Queen Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Copper Queen Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Queen Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Jarbidge District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Crater Range
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Geology): EPIDOTE, CALCITE, AND GARNITE.
Comment (Deposit): CONSISTS OF 13 UNPATENTED LODGE MINING CLAIMS. LIMESTONES INTERBEDDED BY SMALL DIKES OF GRANODIORITE. 2 AREAS SHOW CONTACT METAMORPHISM. NO PRODUCTION REPORTED.BUSHNELL SAYS"SEVERAL CLAIMS HELD BY VARIOUS PEOPLE FROM JARBIDGE AND ROWLAND ARE LOCATED ALONG THE CONTACT BETWEEN UNIT PZD (PALEOZOIC.LIMESTONE) AND THE COFFEEPOT STOCK. ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT WORK WAS GOING ON DURING THE SUMMER AND FALL,1954 , BUT NO ORE WAS PRODUCED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): 117 MILES NE OF ELKO (BY ROAD)4 AIRLINE MILES W. OF JARBIDGE.
Comment (Development): ACTIVE DEVELOPMENTWAS GOING ON DURING SUMMER, 1954, BUT NO ORE WAS PRODUCED.
Comment (Deposit): IGNEOUS CONTACT WITH LIMESTONE
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH,R.M.,MINL.RES. OF ELKO CO., NV, USGS OPEN FILE 1976-56.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, A.C., AND BENSON, W.T., TUNGSTEN RESERVES OF NEVADA; U.S. BUR. OF MINES, 1963.
Reference (Deposit): BUSHNELL, KENT 1967, GEOLOGY OF THE ROWLAND QUADRANGLE, ELKO CO., NEV: N.B.M.G.BULL.67.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
