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Galena Queen

Past Producer in Park county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Manganese
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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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010547
MRDS ID D004315
Record type Site
Current site name Galena Queen

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.62164, 45.25547 (WGS84)
Elevation 2652
Relative position 10 MILES SE OF EMIGRANT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Knowles Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gardiner(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Custer Gallatin 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 Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007S 009E 24 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED AT END OF FOOT TRAIL ALONG ARRASTRA CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Sphalerite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.62164, 45.25547
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description High-Angle Faulting Along Mill Creek.

Ore body information

  • Strike N75E
    Dip 79S
    Thickness 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Emigrant Gulch

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner K. Counts
    Home office Livingstone, Mt.
    First year 1950

Comments on the workings information

  • 180 FT. ADIT AND SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REED, G, 1950, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, PARK G., MONT., USBM. INF. CIRC. 7546, P. 52

  • Deposit

    1950 COMPILE USBM. INF. CIRC. 751

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

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