Deposit ID | 10044008 |
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MRDS ID | M231323 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Copper Queen #4 Mine |
Geographic coordinates: | -117.05427, 40.62157 (WGS84) |
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Elevation | 1754 |
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Country | State | County |
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United States | Nevada | Lander |
Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
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Mount Diablo | 032N | 044E | 29,30 | Nevada |
Commodity | Importance |
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Copper | Primary |
Gold | Secondary |
Silver | Secondary |
Lead | Secondary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Chalcocite | Ore |
Chrysocolla | Ore |
Copper | Ore |
Cuprite | Ore |
Malachite | Ore |
Pyrite | Ore |
Calcite | Gangue |
Model code | 85 |
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USGS model code | 22c |
Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
Mark3 model number | 46 |
Host or associated | Associated | ||
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Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||
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Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
Rock unit name | Harmony Formation;Harmony Formation |
Rock description | Harmony Formation;Harmony Formation |
(1) | -117.05427, 40.62157 |
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Type of structure | Local |
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Structure description | Ne-Trending Faults |
General form | TABULAR |
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Strike | N65E |
Dip | 40-45NW |
Development status | Past Producer |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
Deposit size | Medium |
Significant | No |
Discovery year | 1918 |
Year of first production | 1927 |
District name | Battle Mountain District |
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Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
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Type of workings | Underground |
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Length | 518.16M |
Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231323 |
ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF PAPER 459-B
ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | FAULT ZONE WITH DISSEMINATIONS |
Deposit | THE OREBODY ON THE COPPEQUEEN #4 CLAIM WAS DISCOVERED ABOUT 1918 THIS OREBODY YIELDED 11,000 TONS OF ORE WITH A GRADE OF 5 TO 10% CU BETWEEN 1927 AND 1930. THIS IS TOTALLY DISTINCT FROM THE COPPER QUEEN #1 MINE WHICH IS ON A SEPARATE FAULT, ALTHOUGH PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE COMBINED FOR THE TWO MINES. COPPER QUEEN #4 HAS ABOUT 1700 FT OF WORKINGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 01-DEC-1980 | La Pointe, D.D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |