Colorado · Costilla County
Prospect
Copper Queen Mine
Costilla County, Colorado, United States
Copper
Silver
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Commodities
Primary
Copper
Secondary
Silver
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
N
Workings
Underground
Materials
Ore minerals
Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite
Geology
Host rock
Shale · Madera/Minturn Formation;Gneiss'And Mica Schist
Associated rock
Granite
Structure
Sierra Blanca Massif, Ft. Garland Embayment, Vega Cr. Anticline, Wagon Mesa Fault
Tectonic setting
Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns.)
Alteration
Malachite, Iron Oxides
Economic & production
Development status
Prospect
Identification
Deposit ID
10087419
MRDS ID
D006736
Alternate names
Russell No. 1
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
37.56613, -105.27556
References
PATTON, H.B., AND OTHERS, 1910, GEOLOGY OF THE GRAYBACK MINING DISTRICT, COSTILLA COUNTY, COLORADO: CGS BULL. 2