Mine detail: Copper Queen #4 Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.62157, -117.05427

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Gold, Silver, Lead
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite, Malachite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Calcite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1918

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1927

Geology

Host rock:	Harmony Formation;Harmony Formation
Host type:	Quartzite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Ne-Trending Faults
Alteration processes:	Pyritic

References

MRDS	M231323
DEP	10044008
Reference	{Deposit:: 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-}{Production:: ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)