The Copper Queen Mine is a copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,501 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: 3,501 Feet (1,067 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 31.89861, -111.05750
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Copper Queen Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Queen Mine
Secondary: Queen
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Tungsten
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Pima District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1957
Time Period: 1900-1957
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^4.2% Cu, 1oz/Tag, Minor Zn, Pb
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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR, TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Bedding Planes And Sheared Fault Contact Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Garnetized, Silicated, Pyrometamorphosed Limestone; Some Enrichmen T; Partly Oxidized
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Marcasite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Cuprite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1900-1957. TOTAL PRODUCTION AS OF 194 8 WAS $1,747,852.
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050378 WITH RE CORD D000793 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): PRODUCTIVE ZONE BELOW 440 FT, MINERALIZATION IS ALONG BEDDING PLANES AND SHEAR ZONE.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT WORKINGS; 900 FT INCLINE SHAFT, EXTENSIVE UNDERGROUND WORKI NGS
Comment (Geology): PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE ALSO SOMEWHAT MINERALIZED
References
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, 1926, MS THESIS, UNIV OF AZ
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 134
Reference (Deposit): WHITCOMB, 1948, MS THESIS, UNIV OF AZ
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, 1922, USGS BULL 725, P. 407-428
Reference (Deposit): CUMMINGS & ROMSLO, 1950, USBM RI 4732
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1974; WHITCOMB, 1948
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