Copper Queen mine, Spruce Mountain Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USAi
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Copper Queen mine | Mine |
Spruce Mountain Mining District | Mining District |
Elko County | County |
Nevada | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 34' 4'' North , 114° 48' 56'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Mindat Locality ID:
41624
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:41624:0
GUID (UUID V4):
b8907e20-5680-4686-b131-2991e7868332
Deposit: Lenses of copper and lead car bonates occur irregulary in a zone of crushed limestone between the fault and the porphyry dike. The copper queen mine was developed by a 100 ft vertical shaft, an incline with drifts and a 400 ft crosscut adit. Lenses of copper and lead carbonates occur irregularly in a zone of crushed limestone between the fault and the porphyry dike. ; info.src : 1 pub lit
Ore(s): Fault Zone
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3 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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ⓘ Cerussite Formula: PbCO3 |
ⓘ Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
ⓘ | Cerussite | 5.AB.15 | PbCO3 |
ⓘ | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
C | Carbon | |
C | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
C | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
O | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Pb | Lead | |
Pb | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10046041 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Antler Foreland BasinBasin
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Copper–Bull Run–Elko–Indian Wells BasinBasin
- Ely BasinBasin
- Mojave DomainDomain
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