Copper Queen Mine (Copper Queen lode; Copper Queen group), Bonanza King lookout, Bonanza King, Trinity Fork Mining District (Trinity Mining District), Trinity Mountains, Klamath Mountains, Trinity County, California, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 3' 53'' North , 122° 40' 20'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Coffee Creek | 217 (2011) | 4.1km |
| Trinity Center | 267 (2011) | 9.3km |
| Lakehead | 461 (2011) | 30.3km |
| Dunsmuir | 1,582 (2017) | 37.1km |
| French Gulch | 346 (2011) | 40.6km |
A former lode Cu-Au-Hg mine located in sec. 16, T37N, R7W, MDM, 4.3 km (2.7 miles) WSW of Bonanza King lookout and 2.6 km (8,500 feet) E of Carrville, at the head of Copper Creek, on Federal Park Service land (Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area). Owned by J. M. and I. M. Foster (1965). Operated by the Hoover Drilling Co. MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 500 meters.
Mineralization is a Cu-Hg deposit (Deposit model: 179: Silica-carbonate Hg) hosted in diorite, serpentinite, andesite, meta-basalt, and greenstone. The ore body involves fracture coatings, disseminations and a vein. Deposit sounds like a massive sulfide deposit overprinted with a silica-carbonate Hg deposit. Alteration is local (dike is chloritized). Associated rocks include lamprophyre. Local rocks include ultramafic rocks, chiefly Mesozoic, unit 1 (Trinity Ophiolite).
Related tectonic structures include the Klamath Mountains.
Workings include underground and surface openings. Prior to 1905 there was 1 adit about 225 feet long and a shallow shaft with drifts E and W near the contact between diorite and serpentine. There is also an open cut.
Production data are found in O'Brien, J.C. (1965): 21.
The Hoover Drilling Co., in 1956, shipped 2 carloads of surface material. They drilled a 78 foot deep hole and did not find ore.
The occurrence of cinnabar was noted on the floor of the open cut at its W end.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Chalcocite Formula: Cu2S Description: Occurs as local enrichment. References: |
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 References: |
| ⓘ 'Chlorite Group' |
| ⓘ Cinnabar Formula: HgS |
| ⓘ Gold Formula: Au |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Chalcocite | 2.BA.05 | Cu2S |
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Cinnabar | 2.CD.15a | HgS |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Chlorite Group' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
| S | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
| Hg | Mercury | |
| Hg | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10287129 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North AmericaContinent
- Coast MountainsMountain Range
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Klamouth RangeVolcanic Arc
- Shoofly-Olds Ferry DomainDomain
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References
(n.d.) Minerals Availability System (MAS), U.S. Bureau of Mines.file ID #0061050783
