Reindeer Queen Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106004
MRDS ID W026729
Record type Site
Current site name Reindeer Queen Mine
Related records 10169450, 10290931

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.76432, 47.44737 (WGS84)
Elevation 1321
Relative position ABOUT 2 MI SE OF MULLAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mullan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Coeur d'Alene(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 047N;047N 005E;006E 01,12;06,07 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • S OF ATLAS; LOCATION GIVEN ON REINDEER QUEEN ADIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chlorite, Sericite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name St. Regis Formation
    Rock description St. Regis Formationt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.76432, 47.44737

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form GRAINS, SEAMS, MASSES
    Strike N 70 DEG W
    Dip 70 DEG S
    Length 487.68M
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Filling

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1914

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District (Hunter)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • 2 CARLOADS OF ORE PRODUCED IN 1914 RAN 3% CU AND 0.6 OZ/TON AG.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 365.76M

Comments on development

  • 3 PATENTED CLAIMS, 12 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOE-REINDEER QUEEN MINERAL BELT CAN BE TRACED FOR ABOUT 40,000 FT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references