Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondarySilver, Gold, Zinc
TertiaryArsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLENS
Ore controlStratigraphy, Igneous Activity
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite, Tennantite, Tetrahedrite
GangueActinolite, Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite
Other materialsPyrite
Geology
Host rockChert,Tuff,Rhyolite,Andesite · Lower Unit Of Spud Mountain Volcanics
Associated rockTuff,Rhyolite,Andesite · Spud Mountain Volcanics
StructureFoliation And Transposed Bedding In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N-S To N15w, Massive Sulfide Lenses Parallel Stratigraphic Units
AlterationChloritization, Sericitization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1901
Last production1967
Identification
Deposit ID10027247
MRDS IDM002607
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.45644, -112.19018
References
LINDGREN, 1926, USGS BULL 782, P. 148.ANDERSON, C.A., AND BLACET, P.M., 1972, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN BRADSHAW MOUNTAINS, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1336, P. 75.BROOK, D.K., JR., 1974, RELATIVE AGES OF STRATA-FORM SULPHIDE ORE AND WALL ROCK, DETERMINED BY A STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF THE COPPER QUEEN MINE, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: MASTERS THESIS, UNIV. OF ARIZONAABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA.ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA.CIMRI