Gold Queen Mine

The Gold Queen Mine is a gold mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,399 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: Gold Queen Mine
Secondary: Cocreham and Haywood

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Dripping Springs District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Owner Name: Cocreham Brothers, 1950

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1936
Year Last Production: 1950
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Closely Spaced Network Of Ew And Ns Faults Through Troy Quartzite, Bolsa, Abrigo, And Martin Formations, All With Varying Dip Due To Faulting

Type: L
Description: A E-W Trending Rhyodacite Dike Runs Through Mine Area, And 2 Ew Trending Normal Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong Oxidation

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Cuprite

Comments

Comment (Location): ADIT USED FOR LOCATION IS 500 M WNW OF LOCATION USED FOR DRIPPING SPRINGS MINES, BOTH MINES ARE GROUPS OF SHAFTS AND ADITS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Commodity): MAINLY A GOLD MINE, DRIPPING SPRINGS MINE TO E PRODUCED MORE COPPER

Comment (Production): ABGMT-USBM PRODUCTION INCLUDES SOME 1939 PRODUCTION FROM THE GOLD NUGGET, ADJACENT TO THE GOLD QUEEN

Comment (Development): OWNED BY THE COCREHAM BROTHERS, SOMETIMES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A MAN NAMED HAYWOOD

Comment (Workings): 2000 FT OF TUNNELLING IN 1939

Comment (Geology): SEE DRIPPING SPRINGS MINE ENTRY AND USGS 6Q 1442 FOR MORE DETAILS

References

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): USGS GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP 6Q 1442, 1978

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