Mine detail: Copper Queen Mine

Previously called 'Homestake'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.886, -113.72309

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Tungsten
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Scheelite
Orebody form: LINEAR

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Tactite, Marble, Skarn;White Knob Limestone
Host type:Marble,Skarn (Tactite)
Associated rock:Mackay Granite-Granite Porphyry
Associated type:Granite

References

MRDSW015650
MAS160370018
DEP10071893
Reference{Deposit:: Cook, E. F., 1956 , Tungten Deposits Of South-Central Idaho: Idaho Bur. Mines And Geology Pamph. 108 , 40 P.}{Deposit:: Leland, G. R., 1957, General Geology And Mineralization Of The Mackay Stock Area: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M. S. Thesis, 71 P.}{Deposit:: Hobbs, S. W., 1964, Mineral Resource-Tungsten, In Mineral And Water Resources Of Idaho: Idaho Bur. Mines And Geology Spec. Rept. No. 1, P. 223-233}{Deposit:: Nelson, W. H., And Ross, C. P., 1968, Geology Of Part Of The Alder Creek Mining District, Custer County, Idaho: USGS Bull. 1252-A, 30 P.}{Deposit:: USBM, 1921, 1941, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, And Zinc In Idaho: USBM Mineral Yearbook For 1917, 1940}{Deposit:: 1921 Compile USBM Mineral Yearbooks For 1917, 1940}{Deposit:: 1956 Recon Idaho Bur. Mines And Geology Pamph. 108}{Deposit:: 1964 Compile Idaho Bur. Mines And Geology Spec. Rept. No. 1}{Deposit:: 1968 Geolmap Nelson, W. H. And Ross, C. P., Bull. 1252-A}{Deposit:: U.S. Bur. Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-4, No. 579, P. 241.}{Production:: USBM, 1941, Mineral Yearbook For 1940; USBM, 1921, Mineral Yearbook For 1917}
ReporterSteigner, William D.; Miller, Pat, McHugh, Edward L.