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King & Queen Mine

Producer in Mineral county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107921
MRDS ID D004159
Record type Site
Current site name King & Queen Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.8607, 47.24599 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 4 MI NNE OF SUPERIOR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Idaho Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Plains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lolo 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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 017N 026W 12 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • APPROX LOCATION, ON HALL GULCH

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • ROWE,J.P. 1911?GEOLOGY AND ORES OF THE CARTER DISTRICT, MONT. MINING AND ENGINEERING WORLD.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name St. Regis
    Rock description St. Regis

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.8607, 47.24599
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Strata Dips From A Few Degrees To Nearly 90 Degrees Sw, Strikes Nw By Se

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip S
    Thickness 3.05M
    Width 19.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Carter District

Comments on the production information

  • SOME OF THE ORE GAVE $12 IN GOLD AND 161 OZS. SILVER

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE ARE(1911) THREE TUNNELS, TWO CUT THE VEINS. THE THIRD, 450 FT BELOW #2 IS NOW IN 400 FT. AND WILL HAVE TO BE DRIVEN 800 FT BEFORE IT CUTS THE VEIN

Comments on development

  • DEV$: 200,000

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROWE,J.P.,GEOLOGY AND ORES OF THE CARTER DISTRICT, MONTANA, MINING AND ENGINEERING WORLD, P.581, 9/23/11

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO VEINS PASS THROUGH THE PROPERTY. THE SMALLER IS KNOWN AS THE IVANHOE, AND THE LARGER THE KING & QUEEN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Chesson, Sharon A. U.S. Geological Survey

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