Queen of Bronze

United States· OregonUnknown
Contained Copper
—
Average Grade
8.30%
Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Mafic
Discovery Year
1862

Overview

Massive, 0.02 km thickness, pods, wedges, tabular lenses. Ocean crust ophiolite.

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Mafic in primitive oceanic backarc

Resources & Operations

Production Start: 1904

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS

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