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Chloride Queen Mine

Past Producer in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088841
MRDS ID M060174
Record type Site
Current site name Chloride Queen Mine
Alternate or previous names Colville Queen
Related records 10277358

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.85833, 48.69235 (WGS84)
Elevation 1021
Relative position 10 MILES NNE FROM COLVILLE, WASHINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gillette Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Colville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Colville(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Stevens

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 037N 039E 23 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Ore Has Been Greatly Oxidized

Analytical data

Result SOME ORE CONTAINED 18% ZN, 16% PB, 3% CU, AND 3 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Clugston Creek Limestone;Colville Quartzite
    Rock description Clugston Creek Limestone;Colville Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.85833, 48.69235
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 60 DEG W
    Dip 70 DEG NE
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Vein At Dolomite-Quartzite Contact And Breccia Zone In Dolomite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1887
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Bossburg District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Engineered Mines, Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • EARLY PRODUCTION NOT RECORDED. 400 TONS LIMONITE SHIPPED TO COLVILLE SMELTER IN EARLY DAYS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 609.6M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEAVER, C.E., 1920, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STEVENS COUNTY: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 20., P. 235-237

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T. 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 37, P. 238-239.

  • Production

    U.S.B.M. INFO. CIRC. 7872

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Puffett, Willard P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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