Mine detail: Copper Queen Group

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 41.06456, -122.67333

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Mercury
Ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cinnabar, Gold
Gangue: Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz
Orebody form: FRACTURE COATINGS, DISSEMINATED, VEIN

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1956

Geology

Host type:Greenstone
Associated type:Lamprophyre
Tectonic:Klamath Mountains
Alteration processes:Dike Is Chloritized

References

MRDSM020924
DEP10034200
Reference{Deposit:: BROWN, G.C., 1916, TRINITY COUNTY, IN 14TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 879.}{Deposit:: *RIEN, J.C., 1965, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF TRINITY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT 4, P. 21, 61, 120.}{Deposit:: AVERILL, C.V., 1931, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE SHASTA QUADRANGLE, IN 27TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 32.}{Deposit:: MACDONALD, D.F., 1913, NOTES ON THE GOLD LODES OF THE CARRVILLE DISTRICT, TRINITY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 530, P. 29-30.}{Production:: *RIEN, J.C., 1965 , P. 21}
ReporterFraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.