Queen of the Mountains and Kentuck Claims Mine

Past Producer in Owyhee county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069905
MRDS ID W007678
Record type Site
Current site name Queen of the Mountains and Kentuck Claims Mine
Alternate or previous names Crown Point
Related records 10192931

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.92657, 42.75068 (WGS84)
Elevation 2111
Relative position 21 MI SSW OF SILVER CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Williams Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Triangle(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Jordan Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Owyhee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 008S 005W 10 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • BETWEEN BAY STATE AND GOLCONDA GROUPS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Ilvaite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized

Analytical data

Result DUMP SAMPLE ASSAYED 15% PB, 20 OZ. AG, $3 AU, AND 8% ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Basalt Unit-Basalt;Silver City Granite-Granodiorite
    Rock description Basalt Unit-Basalt;Silver City Granite-Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Al Limestone, Limestone, Mbl
    Rock description Al Lst, Lst, Mbl

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.92657, 42.75068

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 75 DEG W
    Dip 70 DEG S
    Width 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture

Comments on the geologic information

  • AGE OF LIMESTONE AND SCHIST IS UNKNOWN, PRE CRET.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1868

Mining district

District name South Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 36.58M
    Overall length 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SORENSON, R. E., 1927 , THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTH MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICT, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 22 , 47 P.

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., 1898 , THE GOLD AND SILVER VEINS OF SILVER CITY, DELAMAR, AND OTHER MINING DISTRICTS IN IDAHO: USGS 20TH ANN. REPT., PT. 3 , P. 65 - 256.

  • Deposit

    1898 RECON W. LINDGREN, 20TH ANN. REPT.

  • Deposit

    1927 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 22

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIORITE IS MEDIUM GRAINED, GRAY WHICH CARRIES AN EXCESS OF HORN BLENDE OVER BIOTITE. THE LIMESTONE IS WHITE, BLOCKY AND MARBLIZED CONTAINING STREAKS OF SILICA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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