1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Queen Mary Copper Prospect

Past Producer in Missoula county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Barium-Barite
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019099
MRDS ID DC08576
Record type Site
Current site name Queen Mary Copper Prospect
Alternate or previous names Northern Spy, Wisconsin

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.65205, 46.79072 (WGS84)
Relative position 6MI BY ROAD NE OF CLINTON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Missoula(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clinton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Missoula

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 012N 016W 18 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • RT SIDE OF ROAD BEFORE ALADDIN MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Barite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result DRILL HOLE RESULTS: 0.13-6.42% CU, 0.1OZ/TON AU, 15.75 OZ/TON AG-TR. AT 200FT DEPTH OF CARRIES LESS THAN 1% CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Clinton Stock
    Rock description Clinton Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.65205, 46.79072
ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Bearmouth Overthrust
Type of structure Local
Structure description Clinton Stock

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sheer Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1899

Mining district

District name Clinton District

Comments on the workings information

  • 130FT ADIT DRIFT, 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS, SEVERAL PITS ALL CAVED IN 1945 EXCEPT FOR ADIT DRIFT.

Comments on development

  • NOT PATENTED UNTIL 1914.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARMSTRONG, FC, JAN. 1945, WRITTEN COMM.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 8, PL 4&6, P. 36.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 660, P. 224-27.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site