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Copper Queen

Occurrence in Ravalli county in Montana, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010268
MRDS ID D003860
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Queen

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.31761, 45.54155 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 5 1/2 MILES SOUTH OF ALTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ravalli(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nez Perce Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bitterroot(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bitterroot National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Ravalli

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003S 022W 28 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED EAST OF WEST FORK BETWEEN JOHNSON AND SALT CREEKS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.31761, 45.54155
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Along West Fork

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mineral Point

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED IN SHAFT AND ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BERG, R. B., 1977 , RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY OF SOUTHERN MOST RAVALLI CO., MONT., MONT. BUR. OF MINES & GEOLOGY , MEM 44 , P. 35

  • Deposit

    1977 RECON MBMG, MEM. 4

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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