Copper Queen Mine

The Copper Queen Mine is a copper mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 8,199 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Copper Queen Mine
Secondary: Homestake

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Tungsten

Location

State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Alder Creek District

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: Challis National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: White Knob Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LINEAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chalcopyrite

Comments

Comment (Location): At the Head of the East Fork of Navarro Creek

Comment (Production): One Car of Cu Ore Was Produced In 1940.

Comment (Geology): Both Cook (1956) and Leland (1957) Label Nelson and Ross' (1968) Mackay Granite As Quartz Monzonite

References

Reference (Production): USBM, 1941, Mineral Yearbook For 1940; USBM, 1921, Mineral Yearbook For 1917

Reference (Deposit): Cook, E. F., 1956 , Tungten Deposits Of South-Central Idaho: Idaho Bur. Mines And Geology Pamph. 108 , 40 P.

Reference (Deposit): Leland, G. R., 1957, General Geology And Mineralization Of The Mackay Stock Area: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M. S. Thesis, 71 P.

Reference (Deposit): Hobbs, S. W., 1964, Mineral Resource-Tungsten, In Mineral And Water Resources Of Idaho: Idaho Bur. Mines And Geology Spec. Rept. No. 1, P. 223-233

Reference (Deposit): Nelson, W. H., And Ross, C. P., 1968, Geology Of Part Of The Alder Creek Mining District, Custer County, Idaho: USGS Bull. 1252-A, 30 P.

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1921, 1941, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, And Zinc In Idaho: USBM Mineral Yearbook For 1917, 1940

Reference (Deposit): 1921 Compile USBM Mineral Yearbooks For 1917, 1940

Reference (Deposit): 1956 Recon Idaho Bur. Mines And Geology Pamph. 108

Reference (Deposit): 1964 Compile Idaho Bur. Mines And Geology Spec. Rept. No. 1

Reference (Deposit): 1968 Geolmap Nelson, W. H. And Ross, C. P., Bull. 1252-A

Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bur. Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-4, No. 579, P. 241.

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