Queen Mine

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold
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. 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. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019276
MRDS ID DC09363
Record type Site
Current site name Queen Mine
Alternate or previous names Pikes Peak Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.11535, 46.40045 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.4 KM W OF DEERLODGE BASIN., 0.5 Km Radius., 0.5 Km Radius., 0.5 Km Radius.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 012W 33 SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • S OF ROYAL GOLD CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Royal Stock
    Rock description Royal 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) -113.11535, 46.40045

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Royal Stock

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N30-80W
    Dip 60-80 SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Princeton (South Boulder Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner R. I. Maccalman
    Home office 1010 5th St., Deer Lodge, MT 59722
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. K. N. Macpherson
    Home office St. Helena, Ca. 94574

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Total resources 3000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 2.54 g/mt Gold Minor 1981
    Silver Ag 254.12 g/mt Silver Major 1981

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • USGS MIS FIELD STUDIES MAP, P. 10.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 57.91M

Comments on the workings information

  • AN ADIT, ONE CAVED ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 49, P. 15.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 115, P. 5.

  • Deposit

    USGS DOLUS LAKE RARE 11, MIS FS MAP, P. 4, 10, 17.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINERALIZED ZONE HAS AN AVERAGE THICKNESS OF 3.3AFT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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