Mine detail: Miners Queen Mine

Previously called 'Columbia Gold and Copper MineSilver Star'

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Location

Lat / long: 45.77537, -122.19146

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Molybdenum
Secondary: Silver, Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
Ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Wolframite
Gangue: Chlorite, Epidote, Kaolinite, Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline
Orebody form: STOCKWORK, DISSEMINATED IN BRECCIA BODIES
Discovery year: 1895

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Silver Star Pluton;Silver Star Pluton
Host type:Diorite
Associated rock:Skamania Volcanics;Skamania Volcanics;Skamania Volcanics
Associated type:Andesite
Structure:E-W Structures Are Mineralized. Breccia Is Cut By A Complex Series Of Post-Mineral Faults
Tectonic:Cascade Volcanic Arc
Alteration processes:Potassic, Phyllic, Argillic, And Propylitic Outward From Center Of Deposit. Silicification Is Ubiquitous In Breccia Zone. Quartz-Sericite And Propylitic Zones Are Very Narrow

References

MRDSM700180
DEP10047851
Reference{Analytical Data:: 1952}{Deposit:: GRANT, A.R., 1969, CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL CONTROLS FOR BASE METAL DEPOSITION IN THE CASCADE RANGE OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 58, P. 88-90.}{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 78.}{Deposit:: MOEN, W.S., 1977, ST. HELENS AND WASHOUGAL MINING DISTRICTS OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 60, P. 43-46.}{Deposit:: HOLLISTER, V.F., 1979, PORPHYRY COPPER-TYPE DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE VOLCANIC ARC, WASHINGTON: MINERALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, V. 11, P. 25-26.}{Deposit:: ASHLEY, R.P., AND PETERSON, J.A., 1991, FIELD EXAM WITH PLEXUS RESOURCES CORP.}{Deposit:: GRANT, A.R., 1976, REPORT OF EVALUATION, MINERAL RESOURCE ANALYSIS STUDY ON UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE LAND, STATE OF WASHINGTON: UNPUB. REPORT PREPARED FOR U.S. FOREST SERVICE - REGION 6, CONTRACT NO. 004724N, P. 23.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, W.M., 1987, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE VANCOUVER QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON AND OREGON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 87-10, SCALE 1:100,000.}{Deposit:: DERKEY, R.E., GULICK, C.W., AND LINGLEY, W.S., JR., 1993, WASHINGTO* MINERAL INDUSTRY - 1992: WASHINGTON GEOLOGY, V. 21, NO. 1, P. 3-25.}{Production:: MOEN (1977)}
ReporterCaress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ), Peterson, Jocelyn A.