Copper Queen Mine

The Copper Queen Mine is a mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 10,200 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Copper Queen Mine  

State:  Utah

County:  San Juan

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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