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Mountain Queen Mine

Past Producer in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Zinc, Lead
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069853
MRDS ID W007580
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Queen Mine
Related records 10265425

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.83679, 43.99127 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 4 MI NE OF PIONEERVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pioneerville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Idaho City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boise-Mores(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Boise 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 Idaho Boise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 008N 005E 34 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON GRIMES CR - SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS BELOW GRIMES PASS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe Stains

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.83679, 43.99127
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 40 DEG E
    Dip 70 DEG SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Boise Basin

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Golden Age Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • $150,000 TOTAL PRODUCTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO TUNNELS. ACROSS GRIMES CR., THE LODE STRIKES N 35 DEG E., DIPS 65 DEG SE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, ALFRED L., 1947, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BOISE BASIN, IDAHO, U. S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 944 - C P. 292

  • Deposit

    1947 GEOLMAP ANDERSON, A. L

  • Production

    ANDERSON, A. L. 1947, USGS BULL. 944 - C, P. 292.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Steigner, William D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1976 Siefken, Robert R. U.S. Geological Survey

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