Copper Queen Mine (Queen Mine), Drum Peak, Vanderbilt District (New York District), New York Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
35° 15' 51'' North , 115° 18' 8'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Cal-Nev-Ari | 244 (2011) | 38.3km |
Searchlight | 539 (2011) | 41.2km |
Mindat Locality ID:
88355
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:88355:8
GUID (UUID V4):
c20a7cb2-d997-4149-a6c7-25e49aac876d
A former Fluorspar-W-Zn-Pb-Cu occurrence/mine located in sec. 30, T14N, R16E, SBM, 4.1 km (2.5 miles) NNE of Drum Peak (coordinates of record), in the headwaters area of Keystone Canyon, W of Keystone Spring, on federal reservation land (Mojave National Preserve/East Mojave National Scenic Area). MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 10 meters.
Mineralization is hosted in dolomite. The ore body is 3.05 meters thick. Associated rocks include Late Cretaceous quartz monzonite. The Cu-W-Zn mineralization occurs along a nearly vertical contact between the Goldspring Dolomite and the quartz monzonite. Local rocks include Cambrian marine rocks and/or Mesozoic granitic rocks, unit 3 (Sierra Nevada, Death Valley area, Northern Mojave Desert and Transverse Ranges).
Workings include underground openings with a length of 304.8 meters and are comprised of 3 S-trending adits with a combined length of 1,000 feet.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsGallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 3 - Halides | |||
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ⓘ | Fluorite | 3.AB.25 | CaF2 |
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10034035 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
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- Mojave DomainDomain
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References
(n.d.) Minerals Availability System (MAS), U.S. Bureau of Mines.file #0060710014