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Queen of the Valley Claim

Occurrence in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094467
MRDS ID D008083
Record type Site
Current site name Queen of the Valley Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.07449, 46.68323 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.1 KM NE OF SCRACTCH GRAVEL HILL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Scratchgravel Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011N 004W 26 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NW OF ELIZABETH MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Jasper Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Scratchgravel Quartz Monzonite Stock
    Rock description Scratchgravel Quartz Monzonite Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    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) Granitic rock
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Scratchgravel Quartz Monzonite Stock

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 25 SW
    Width 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Scratchgravel Hills District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • AN INCLINE, OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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