Mine detail: Copper Queen Mine

Previously called 'Queen'

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Location

Lat / long:

31.89873, -111.05819

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Tungsten, Silver, Lead, Gold, Molybdenum, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Marcasite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Garnet, Magnetite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR, TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Bedding Planes And Sheared Fault Contact Zone
Alteration processes:	Garnetized, Silicated, Pyrometamorphosed Limestone; Some Enrichmen T; Partly Oxidized

References

MRDS	M050378
DEP	10103750
Reference	{Deposit:: BROWN, 1926, MS THESIS, UNIV OF AZ}{Deposit:: KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 134}{Deposit:: WHITCOMB, 1948, MS THESIS, UNIV OF AZ}{Deposit:: RANSOME, 1922, USGS BULL 725, P. 407-428}{Deposit:: CUMMINGS & ROMSLO, 1950, USBM RI 4732}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: KEITH, 1974; WHITCOMB, 1948}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Wilt, Jan, And Elliot, James E.