Copper Queen Mine

The Copper Queen Mine is a copper and tungsten mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,600 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

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Site Name

Primary: Copper Queen Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2995

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Tungsten

Location

State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Jessup

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

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: W skarn

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2995 OF GARNET SKARN CONTAINS 5 % FE, 0.7 % MG, 15 % CA, 0.03 % TI, 3000 PPM MN, 15 PPM B, 20 PPM BA, 70 PP-M CU, 5 PPM NI, 10 PPM SN, 100 PPM SR, 70 PPM V, 30 PPM ZR.

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Epidote

Comments

Comment (Location): PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = DESERT PEAK (1951) 1:625000

Comment (Deposit): OUTCROPS AROUND SHAFT ARE MOSTLY GRANODIORITE WITH SOME SMALL IRREGULAR PODS OF SKARN. A SMALL HILL TO THE NORTH O-F THE SHAFT IS COMPOSED OF MASSIVE WHITE QUARTZ. SEVERAL CUTS -AND TRENCHES TO THE SOUTH AND THE WEST OF THE SHAFT EXPOSE FIN-GERS OF SKARN ALONG AN IRREGULAR GRANODIORITE-SEDIMENT CONTACT-; GRANODIORITE TO THE NORTH, SEDIMENTS TO THE SOUTH. ROCK ON T-HE COPPER QUEEN DUMP IS MOSTLY PALE RED-BROWN SKARN (GARNET) C-ONTAINING MINOR AMOUNTS OF PYRITE.

Comment (Workings): A VERTICAL SHAFT PENETRATES A LARGE TACTITE ZONE DEVELOPED AT THE CONTACT BETWEEN & GRANODIORITE PLUTON AND A LIMESTONE AND MARBLE UNIT OF PROBABLE TRIASSIC TO JURASSIC AGE. LARGE MASSES OF QUARTZ OCCUR IN THE TACTITE, AND THE MINE DUMP IS COMPOSED ENTIRELY OF TACTITE. NO SULFIDES OR SECONDARY COPPER MINERALS ARE FOUND IN THE DUMP MATERIAL, SO SOME ORE MUST HAVE BEEN HAULED AWAY. SIGNS OF MAN INDICATE ACTIVITY IN THE EARLY 1900'S.. SEVERAL CUTS AND TRENCHES

References

Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, RONALD, AND SPEED, R.C., 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 83

Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J. V., 1985, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION, 4-16-85

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.