The Copper Queen Mine is a copper mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 8,199 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: 8,199 Feet (2,499 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 43.8861, -113.72220
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Copper Queen Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Queen Mine
Secondary: Homestake
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Tungsten
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Alder Creek 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.
Administrative Organization: Challis National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
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: White Knob Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINEAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): At the Head of the East Fork of Navarro Creek
Comment (Production): One Car of Cu Ore Was Produced In 1940.
Comment (Geology): Both Cook (1956) and Leland (1957) Label Nelson and Ross' (1968) Mackay Granite As Quartz Monzonite
References
Reference (Production): USBM, 1941, Mineral Yearbook For 1940; USBM, 1921, Mineral Yearbook For 1917
Reference (Deposit): Cook, E. F., 1956 , Tungten Deposits Of South-Central Idaho: Idaho Bur. Mines And Geology Pamph. 108 , 40 P.
Reference (Deposit): Leland, G. R., 1957, General Geology And Mineralization Of The Mackay Stock Area: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M. S. Thesis, 71 P.
Reference (Deposit): Hobbs, S. W., 1964, Mineral Resource-Tungsten, In Mineral And Water Resources Of Idaho: Idaho Bur. Mines And Geology Spec. Rept. No. 1, P. 223-233
Reference (Deposit): Nelson, W. H., And Ross, C. P., 1968, Geology Of Part Of The Alder Creek Mining District, Custer County, Idaho: USGS Bull. 1252-A, 30 P.
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1921, 1941, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, And Zinc In Idaho: USBM Mineral Yearbook For 1917, 1940
Reference (Deposit): 1921 Compile USBM Mineral Yearbooks For 1917, 1940
Reference (Deposit): 1956 Recon Idaho Bur. Mines And Geology Pamph. 108
Reference (Deposit): 1964 Compile Idaho Bur. Mines And Geology Spec. Rept. No. 1
Reference (Deposit): 1968 Geolmap Nelson, W. H. And Ross, C. P., Bull. 1252-A
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bur. Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-4, No. 579, P. 241.
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