The Copper Queen Mine is a copper mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,448 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,448 Feet (2,575 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 39.70278, -114.60611
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Copper Queen Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Queen Mine
Secondary: Signal Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Aurum (Silver Canyon Subdistrict)
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Fault, Eastward-Trending
Type: L
Description: Fault, Dikes
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Sericite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): A MILE WEST OF OLD AURUM IN SILVER CANYON ON THE CLIFFS ABOUT 150 FT ABOVE AND SOUTH OF THE CREEK
Comment (Production): THE ORE MAY AVERAGE 2 TO 8% COPPER
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 30 FT SHAFT, TWO PARALLEL TUNNELS 50 FT APART
Comment (Geology): MAIN ORE BODY IS AT THE TOP OF THE QUARTZITE SERIES, BELOW THE TRUE LIMESTONES.
References
Reference (Deposit): HOSE, R. K., BLAKE, M. C. JR., AND SMITH, R., 1976, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 85
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, MILS DATA
Reference (Production): HILL 1916
Reference (Deposit): HILL, JAMES M, 1916 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, US GEO. BULL. 648
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
