Miners Queen

Prospect in Skamania county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10204735
MRDS ID M700180
MAS/MILS ID 0530590061
Record type Site
Current site name Miners Queen
Alternate or previous names Penny Claims, Columbia Gold and Copper
Related records 10047851

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -122.19228, 45.77731 (WGS84)
Elevation 609
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skamania(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gumboot Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lewis(hydrologic unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gifford Pinchot 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 Washington Skamania

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 003 N 005 E 04 NE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -122.19228, 45.77731

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N99E
    Dip 45N
    Length 2896M
    Width 457M
    Depth to top 23M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N99E:45N
    Minimum Depth to Top 15
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 800530

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1850

Mining district

District name Washougal District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Grant, Alan R.
    Home office Washington
    Year 1973
  • Type Operator
    Owner Brameda Resources Ltd.
    Interest 50
    Home office Washington
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Terra Nova Explorations
    Interest 50
    Home office Washington
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • DEPOSIT HAS BEEN A MINOR PRODUCER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37, 1956, PART II, VOL. 1,

  • Deposit

    P. 78.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 5343, 1957, 16 P.

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. INFO. CIRC. 48, 1973, P. 15.

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. GEOL. AND EARTH RES. INFO. CIRC. 60, 1977, P. 45-46

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-JUN-94 Sweeney, Thomas M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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