The Copper Queen Mine is a mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 10,200 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 10,200 Feet (3,109 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 37.85917, -109.46500
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Copper Queen Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Queen Mine
Commodity
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: San Juan
District: Abajo Mountains
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Rigby Wright
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: Abajo Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 , SE 1/4 , SE 1/4 , SEC 35 (UNSURVEYED)
Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT ON BEDDING PLANES BY COPPER MINERALS
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO TUNNELS AND THREE SHAFTS. ALL ARE CAVED EXCEPT ONE TUNNEL WHICH HAS 100 FT. OF WORKINGS
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): LEE I. PERRY, 1977
Reference (Deposit): 1964 RECON WHITKIND, I. J., GEOLOGY OF THE ABAJO MOUNTAIN
Reference (Deposit): WHITKIND, I. J., 1964 , GEOLOGY OF THE ABAJO MOUNTAINS AREA, SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH, U. S. G. S. PROFESSIONAL PAPER 453
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