Redwood Copper Queen | UndergroundMines

Key facts

State: California
County: Mendocino
Development status: Past Producer
Mine type: Underground
Primary commodity: Copper
Verification: Unconfirmed

Mine Location

Approximate Area

Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

A former Cu-Ag-Au mine located in secs. 17 & 20, T12N, R13W, MDM, 5.0 km (3.1 miles) S of Little Penny. Mineralization is hosted in sandstone. Production data are found in: Eric, J.H. (1948).

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USGS MRDS working type: Underground

MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type

Verification

Unconfirmed

Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.

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Why it's listed

USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.

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History & operations

Historical record

Development status: Past Producer

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

Pyrite
Azurite
Chalcopyrite
Cuprite
Malachite
Native Gold
Native Silver
Pyrite

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Pyrite
Azurite
Chalcopyrite
Cuprite
Malachite
Native Gold
Native Silver
Pyrite
Tenorite
Tetrahedrite Subgroup

Access & recent conditions

Land: unknown

Community reports

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

mine identity
development status
commodities
underground eligibility evidence

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 82771

Supports:

locality identity
reported minerals (9)

A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.

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