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Silver Queen Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Copper
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10069771
MRDS ID W007450
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Queen Mine
Related records 10172449

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.49254, 44.96546 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Relative position 24 MILES SE OF DILLON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Price Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lima(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010S 007W 17 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE EAST SLOPE IN THE SOUTH FORK OF JAKE CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.49254, 44.96546
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone, Mineralized With Iron. Stained Quartz

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1904
Discoverer Columbus N. Roberts

Mining district

District name Jake Canyon District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Silver Queen Exploration
    Home office Denver, CO
  • Type Owner
    Owner Jess Roberts, Frank Actis, Frank White

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPOSIT REPORTED IN EAST - WEST TRENDING FAULT ZONE OF AT LEAST 30 FT WIDTH, GEACH REPORTED 1965 WORKINGS INACCESSIBLE BUT IN 1974 LAWSON LISTS MINE AS DEVELOPING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAWSON, D. C., 1974, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1974, MT. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 95.

  • Deposit

    GEACH, R. D., 1972, MINES & MINERAL DEPOSITS OF BEAVERHEAD CO, MT., MT. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 85.

  • Production

    GEACH, R. D., 1972, MT. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 85.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Mlynarczyk, Meg S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1979 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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