The Copper Queen Prospect is a silver and copper mine located in Kittitas county, Washington at an elevation of 3,661 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: 3,661 Feet (1,116 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 47.41778, -121.25500
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Copper Queen Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Queen Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Washington
County: Kittitas
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.
Administrative Organization: In Wenatchee National Forest Near Boundary Of Alpine Lakes Wilderness
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
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
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PIPE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Shear Zones And Dikes
Type: L
Description: Brecciation Of Rhyolite, Shear Zones
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Marcasite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): INDICATED RESOURCES
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT HAS BEEN TENTATIVELY GIVEN THE INFORMAL NAME OF A BRECCIA PIPE CU DEPOSIT, FOR WHICH THERE IS NO PUBLISHED MODEL. DEPOSIT IS PIPE SHAPED AND LIES NEAR CONTACT OF FELSITE BRECCIA AND ANDESITE
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, ADITS, DRIFTS
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): GUALTIERI AND OTHERS, 1975
Reference (Deposit): GUALTIERI, J.L., THURBER, H.K., MILLER, M.S., MCMAHAN, A.B., AND FEDERSPIEL, F.F., 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ADDITIONS TO THE ALPINE LAKES STUDY AREA, CHELAN, KING, AND KITTITAS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 75-3, P. 82, 85.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 59.
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