Mine detail: Iron Queen Mine

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Location: Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.44449, -112.2563
dep_id: 10027173
mrds_id: M002374
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Silver
Minor mineral: Gold, Iron, Zinc
Trace mineral: Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Specularite, Sphalerite
gangue: Albite, Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Quartz
other_matl: Marcasite, Pyrite
orebody_fm: LENS
work_type: Underground
alteration: Chloritization, Silicification
conc_proc: Oxidation At Near Surface
ore_ctrl: Stratigraphy
Reporter: Gere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Dewitt, Ed H.
hrock_type: Chert,Tuff,Rhyolite
arock_unit: Same As N30a
arock_type: Tuff,Rhyolite
Structure: Bedding Trends N20e, Foliation Trends N15e
References:
  • Deposit:: USGS BULL 782, P. 140
  • Deposit:: ANDERSON, C.A. AND BLACET, P.M., 1972 , PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN BRADSHAW MOUNTAINS, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1336 , P. 74
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