The Copper Queen Mine is a zinc and copper mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,750 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: 3,750 Feet (1,143 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Copper
Lat, Long: 34.53833, -113.22944
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Copper Queen Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Queen Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Old Dick District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1965
Time Period: 1961 - 1965
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^4.7 % Cu, 14.4 % Zn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Structure
Type: R
Description: Foliation In Precambrian Metavoclanic Rocks Trends N20e To N30e
Type: L
Description: Massive Sulfide Lenses Parallel Foliation And Bedding
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization, Pyritization
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1770.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1770.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS MASSIVE SULFIDE LENS IN PROTEROZOIC METAVOLCANIC ROCKS. DEPOSIT LOCALIZED AT OR NEAR CONTACT OF RHYOLITE AND ANDESITE.
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE.
References
Reference (Deposit): BAKER, ARTHUR III, AND CLAYTON, R.L., 1968, MASSIVE SULPHIDE DEPOSITS OF THE BAGDAD DISTRICT, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: ORE DEPOSITS OF THE U.S., 1933 - 1967, V. II, P. 1312 .
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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