Mine detail: Copper Queen Mine

Previously called 'Monte Cristo'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.09662, -111.49911

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver, Gold
Ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Limestone (Xenoliths)
Host type:Trachyte
Associated rock:Trachyte
Associated type:Trachyte
Alteration processes:Oxidation

References

MRDSW019302
DEP10105935
Reference{Deposit:: SAVAGE, C. N., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BONNEVILLE COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. NO. 5 , 108 P.}{Deposit:: BELL, R. N., 1907 , EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR YEAR 1906}{Deposit:: HAMILTON, J. A., 1961 , GEOLOGY OF THE CARIBOU MOUNTAIN AREA, BONNEVILLE AND CARIBOU COUNTIES, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO; M.S. THESIS, 59 P.}{Deposit:: 1907 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTO* REPORT FOR 1906}{Deposit:: 1961 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. NO. 5}{Production:: ITEM 1 , SAVAGE, C. N., 1961 , IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. NO. 1 ; ITEMS 2 , 3 , HAMILTON, J. A., 1961 , UNIV. IDAHO, M.S. THESIS}
ReporterSiefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)