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Silver Queen Claims

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Uranium, Thorium, Gold, Lead
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071974
MRDS ID W015770
MAS/MILS ID 0160590911
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Queen Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.584, 44.98099 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position 3.25 MI NE OF TENDOY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Agency Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lemhi(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 019N 024E 14 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 2.75 Mi Up Pattee Creek Gulch From Lemhi River, On Ridge On N Side Of Valley

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Uranium Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1 VEIN WAS SLIGHTLY RADIOACTIVE (0.1 MR/HR MAXIMUM) AND ASSAYED 0.014% EU, 0.001% U, AND 0.062% THO2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock type qualifier Micaceous Quartzite
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Micaceous Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.584, 44.98099
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Fault

Ore body information

  • Width 0.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Dike Trends N85 Deg E, Dips N
  • Original Structures entry:
    Local - Fault Zone Trending W, Dipping 83 Deg N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Jack Rucker

Mining district

District name Mc Devitt District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings Consist Of A Series Of Pits, Cuts, Shallow Inclined Shafts

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Sharp, W. N., And Cavendar, W. S., 1962, Geology And Thorium-Bearing Deposits Of The Lemhi Pass Area, Lemhi County, Idaho, And Beaverhead County, Montana: USGS Bulletin 1126, 76 P

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 8-88, 1988, Appendix B, No. 9, P. 43.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-MAR-1995 Cather U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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