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Queen of the Hills Mine

Past Producer in Cascade county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper, Barium-Barite
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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. 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. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071379
MRDS ID W014724
Record type Site
Current site name Queen of the Hills Mine
Alternate or previous names Queen Mine, O'Brien Mine
Related records 10197134

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.74112, 46.9388 (WGS84)
Elevation 1719
Relative position ABOUT 1/4 MILE N OF NEIHART, MONTANA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cascade(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Neihart(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Belt(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Cascade

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 014N 008E 29 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • PROPERTY ON UNSURVEYED TERRITORY - SECTION NUMBER ESTIMATED. UTM LOCATION OF SHAFT

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE UNUSUALLY HIGH IN ZINC

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Shallow Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Snow Creek Porphyry-Pluton And Dikes Of Rhyolite Porphyry;Pinto Diorite-Large Phenocrysts Of Feldspar And Hornblende
    Rock description Snow Creek Porphyry-Pluton And Dikes Of Rhyolite Porphyry;Pinto Diorite-Large Phenocrysts Of Feldspar And Hornblende
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Belt, Neihart Quartzite;Gneiss And Schist
    Rock description Belt, Neihart Quartzite;Gneiss And Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.74112, 46.9388
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Pre-Mineral Moulton Fault, Domal Uplift Caused By Intrusion Of Snow Creek Porphyry
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Zone Of Igneous Intrusions Covering Over 800 Square Km

Ore body information

  • General form SHOOTS
    Strike N 25 E
    Dip APPROX. 75 E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Concentrated At Junction Of Diagonal Split With Main Vein.

Comments on the geologic information

  • PRECAMBRIAN CRYSTALLINE ROCKS ARE PRE-BELT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1881
Discoverer James J. Neihart

Mining district

District name Neihart District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Queen Leasing Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Queen Mining And Milling Co, Kalispell, Montana

Production statistics

  • Year 1942
    Period 1901 - 1942
    Material PB
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^3 %
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Lead Lead 3wt-pct
  • Year 1942
    Period 1901 - 1942
    Material ZN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^3 %
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Zinc Zinc 3wt-pct
  • Year 1942
    Period 1901 - 1942
    Material AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^11 Oz/St
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 311g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION RECORDS PRIOR TO 1900 INCOMPLETE - ESTIMATED TO BE APPROXIMATELY $200,000 PRODUCED MOSTLY IN SILVER

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FUTURE DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE AT DEEPER LEVELS OF KNOWN ORE SHOOTS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2000M
    Overall depth 150M

Comments on the workings information

  • QUEEN VEIN DEVELOPED BY 3 ADITS, THE MAIN ONE IS 1,250 FT. THE REMAINING TWO ARE RELATIVELY SHORT (100 - 200 FT.). A CROSSCUT 950 FT. FROM PORTAL INTERSECTS O'BRIAN VEIN. MINE ALSO DEVELOPED BY 3 COMPARTMENT VERTICAL SHAFT WHICH HAS 2 LEVELS (100 & 300 FT.) QUEEN SHAFT IS ADJACENT TO PORTAL OF MAIN ADIT. 300 LEVEL DRIFT FROM SHAFT EXTENDS SOUTH UNDER BELT CREEK AND NORTH UNDER THE GALT MINE ALMOST TO THE NEVADA CLAIM; A LENGTH OF MORE THAN 2300 FT.

Comments on development

  • FIRST CLAIM LOCATED IN NEIHART DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1976 Mlynarczyk, Meg S. U.S. Geological Survey

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