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Minnie Moore and Silver Star-Queens Mine

Past Producer in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Tin, Antimony, Gold
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042411
MRDS ID M060186
Record type Site
Current site name Minnie Moore and Silver Star-Queens Mine
Alternate or previous names Queen of the Hills
Related records 10120207

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.2894, 43.4711 (WGS84)
Elevation 1783
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES W. OF BELLEVUE, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bellevue(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fairfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Wood(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 002N 018E 34,35 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE BODIES OCCUR AS SEPARATE LENSES ALONG THE VEINS. THE TWO MINES ARE DEVELOPED ON EXTENSIONS OF THE SAME VEINS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Bournonite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Freibergite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue
Stilbite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 182 FT. WINZE SUNK AT SILVER STAR QUEENS AVERAGES 21.9 OZ. AG
Result 16.6 % PB
Result AND 3.4 % ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Quartz Diorite
    Rock description Quartz Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Milligen Formation-Siliceous Argillite And Limestone;Wood River Formation
    Rock description Milligen Formation-Siliceous Argillite And Limestone;Wood River Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.2894, 43.4711
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Flat And Low-Dipping Faults Offset Veins Minnie Moore Ore Shoot Bottoms In A Breccia Mass.
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Faulted Nw Trending Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 70 DEG W
    Dip 60 DEG SW
    Thickness 5.49M
    Length 365.76M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 426.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Discoverer J.W. Moore
Year of first production 1881

Mining district

District name Mineral Hill Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hawaii National Corp.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Walker, R. T. And W. J.

Production statistics

  • Year 1959
    Period 1902 - 1959
    Material AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^14.5 Oz/T ( 1950'S )
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 409g/mt
  • Year 1959
    Period 1902 - 1959
    Material PB
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^12 % ( 1950'S )
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 12wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • DATA INCOMPLETE; CONSIDERABLE PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1902 AND AFTER 1959 PRODUCTION. . ESTIMATED TOTAL PRODUCTION OF SILVER STAR QUEENS BETWEEN 1884-1890 WAS $2,500,000. PRODUCTION YEARS INTERMITTENT 1902 - 1926 , 1941 - 1944 , 1947 , 1952 - 1959 PRODUCTION YEARS 1902 - 1926 , 1941 - 1944 , 1947 , 1952 - 1959.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 350.52M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE TWO MINES HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED FROM 4 SHAFTS AND TWO ADITS BUT NOW ARE ACCESSIBLE VIA CROSSCUTS FROM A VERTICAL SHAFT. BOTH MINES DEVELOPED ON SAME VEIN SYSTEM. SEVERAL VEIN BRANCHES SEPARATED BY AS MUCH AS 100 FT BARREN GROUND. SEVERAL MI OF WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS CLOSED IN 1970. RECORDS OF LATTER YEARS DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION INCOMPLETE. . A 1968 DDH AT SILVER STAR QUEENS INDICATES THAT THE VEIN CONTINUES DOWN DIP 1000 FT. 20 PATENTED AND 20 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J.B., WESTGATE, L.G. AND ROSS, C.P. 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WOOD RIVER REGION, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 814, P. 219-240

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A.L., KIILSGAARD, T.H. AND FRYKLUND, V.C. JR., 1950, DETAILED GEOLOGY OF CERTAIN AREAS IN THE MINERAL HILL AND WARM SPRINGS MINING DISTRICTS, BLAINE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, PAMPHLET 90, P. 13-19

  • Deposit

    HALL, W.E., AND CZAMANSKE, G.K, 1972, MINERALOGY AND TRACE ELEMENT CONTENT OF THE WOOD RIVER LEAD-SILVER DEPOSITS, BLAINE COUNTY, IDAHO: ECON. GEOL. V. 67, P. 350-361

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1900, THE GOLD AND SILVER VEINS OF SILVER CITY, DE LAMAR AND OTHER MINING DISTRICTS IN IDAHO: USGS TWENTIETH ANN. RPT. PT. 3, P. 198-200

  • Deposit

    5) USBM, 1975, ACTIVITY OF IDAHO MINING PROPERTIES, 1974, USBM, BOISE, IDAHO, 61 P.

  • Deposit

    6) SPOKANE CHRONICLE, MARCH 18, 1968.

  • Deposit

    7) CAMPBELL, STEWART, 1928, A GEOLOGIC ERROR REGARDING THE WOOD RIVER DISTRICT: ENG. MINING JOUR., V. 126, NO. 8, P. 287-289.

  • Deposit

    1898 GEOLMAP LINDGREN, WALDEMAR-USGS 20TH ANN. RPT. PT. 3

  • Deposit

    1910 GEOLMAP HEWETT, D.F. USGS BULL. 814

  • Deposit

    1949 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY-PAMPHLET 90

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINNIE MOORE VEIN IS IN ARGILLITIC ROCKS OF THE MILLIGEN FORMATION CLOSE TO SEVERAL LIMESTONE MEMBERS A SHORT DISTANCE UNDER A SILL-LIKE BODY OF DIORITE. MAIN ORE BODY CUT BY MINNIE MOORE FAULT-OFFSET. ORE HAS NOT BEEN FOUND ALTHOUGH EXPLORED FOR EXTENSIVELY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1973-11-01 Puffett, Willard P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1976-08-01 Everett, Sandra E. U.S. Geological Survey

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