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Ruby Queen

Occurrence in Deer Lodge county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Arsenic, Chromium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094568
MRDS ID D009408
Record type Site
Current site name Ruby Queen

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.62672, 46.21768 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 1.4 KM SE OF COTTONWOOD MOUNTAIN., 0.2 Km Radius

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Orofino Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 008W 05 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 198 KM OF NE GUARD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1959)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Chromium Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result 70 PPM AG
Result 1000 PPM AS
Result 500 PPM CR

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Boulder Batholith
    Rock description Boulder Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.62672, 46.21768
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Oro Fino District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Claude Bielenberg.

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED ADIT, TRENCHES, ORE BIN, COLLAPSED BUILDING.ADITS ORIENTATION IS N80E. SIZE OF DUMP IS 200X25X20 FEET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FIELD REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1.5 ACRES DISTURBED ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-82 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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