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Silver Queen Mine

Occurrence in Jefferson 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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069764
MRDS ID W007440
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Queen Mine
Related records 10305714

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.27838, 45.95823 (WGS84)
Elevation 1743
Relative position ABOUT 7 MI SOUTHEAST OF DELMOE LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delmoe Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002N 005W 06 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINERALS OBSERVED ON DUMP

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Enargite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.27838, 45.95823
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Located In Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form VERTICAL SHEET
    Strike N 85 E
    Dip 75
    Thickness 2M
    Length 300M
    Width 2M
    Depth to top 2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pipestone District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS DEVELOPED ON VEIN AS WELL AS SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: REMOTE LOCATION AND APPARENT SMALL SIZE OF ORE BODY

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Krohn, Douglas H. U.S. Geological Survey

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