Queen Creek Mine

The Queen Creek Mine is a copper mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,241 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

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Site Name

Primary: Queen Creek Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Manganese

Location

State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Pioneer District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Magma Copper Co.

Owner Name: Queen Creek Copper Co.

Production

Year: 1934
Time Period: 1933-1934
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^1 Oz/T Au, 2 Oz/T Ag

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1907
Year Last Production: 1942
Discovery Year: 1902
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR/IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: E-W Trending Faults, Major N-S Trending Concentrator Fault 100 M W Of Mine

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Silver
Ore: Copper
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Geology): ALTHOUGH THERE ARE NO INTRUSIVES AT THE SURFACE HERE, MINERALIZATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH CRET-PALEO INTRUSIVE AND FAULTING EPISODES

Comment (Location): SE OF TOWN OF SUPERIOR ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Development): ORIGINAL CLAIMS STAKED BY WILLIAM WINDSOR IN 1902; ADJOINING CLAIMS STAKED IN 1905 BY JIM NEARY, BRINGING NUMBER OF CLAIMS TO 12; IN 1930 CLAIMS TOTALED 52; FORMER OWNERS INCLUDE G.J. POOLE & E. COCKERHAM (1933), QUEEN CREEK COPPER CO (1938)

Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS IN SHOOTS ALONG FISSURES IN THE TROY QUARTZITE-MARTIN LIMESTONE CONTACT

Comment (Workings): ORIGINAL WORKINGS CONSISTED OF AN INCLINED SHAFT (QUEEN TUNNEL) CONNECTING WITH A VERTICAL SHAFT

References

Reference (Production): WILSON, ET AL, 1934; SHORT, ET AL, 1943

Reference (Deposit): WILSON ET AL, 1934, ABM BULL 137, P. 170

Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., MANGANESES DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA, 1961, USBM 1C 7990 P124,126,138,139

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D. ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING, 1967, ABM BULLETIN 137 P170

Reference (Deposit): SHORT, M.N., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SUPERIOR MINING AREA, ARIZONA, 1943, ABM BULLETIN 151 P158-159

Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES

Reference (Deposit): JONES, E.L.J.R., RANSOME,F.L., DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE ORE IN ARIZONA, 1919, USGS BULLETIN 710, P. 163

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES

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