Mine detail: Copper Queen Prospects

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Location: Wasatch County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.59383, -111.478
dep_id: 10042235
mrds_id: M058629
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Trace mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Goethite, Magnetite, Malachite
gangue: Calcite
orebody_fm: TABULAR, IRREGULAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Granodiorite Porphyry Is Locally Partially Altered
ore_ctrl: Along Formation Contact
Reporter: Tripp, Bryce T.
hrock_unit: Tintic Quartzite
hrock_type: Diorite,Quartzite
arock_unit: Flagstaff Mtn. Stock
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Unite Arch, Dutch Hollow Thrust Fault
tectonic: Central Wasatch Range
References:
  • Deposit:: BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 77, P. 194.
  • Deposit:: HIGGIN, W.C. (ED.), 1924, SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, VOL. 26, APRIL 30, 1924, P. 21.
  • Deposit:: BROMFIELD, C.S., AND OTHERS, 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HEBER CITY QUADRANGLE, WASATCH AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS MAP. GQ-864.
  • Deposit:: TRIPP, B.T., 1983, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.
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