Mine detail: Copper Queen Mine

Previously called 'Russell No. 1'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.56613, -105.27556

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host rock:	Madera/Minturn Formation;Gneis *nd Mica Schist
Host type:	Shale
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Sierra Blanca Massif, Ft. Garland Embayment, Vega Cr. Anticline, Wagon Mesa Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns.)
Alteration processes:	Malachite, Iron Oxides

References

MRDS	D006736
DEP	10087419
Reference	PATTON, H.B., AND OTHERS, 1910, GEOLOGY OF THE GRAYBACK MINING DISTRICT, COSTILLA COUNTY, COLORADO: CGS BULL. 2
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.