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Queen of the Hills

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10148121
MRDS ID W007457
MAS/MILS ID 0300010050
Record type Site
Current site name Queen of the Hills
Related records 10069776

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.9545, 45.67299 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vipond Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002 S 011 W 10 NESWSW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.9545, 45.67299
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 2.5HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2.5
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Quartz Hill

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • A SELECTED SAMPLE ASSAYED .33 PERCENT CU,6.80 PERCENT P6, .30 PERCENT 2N,.430 OUNCE OF SILVER AND .30 OUNCE OF GOLD PER TON THE PROPERTY HAS NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION UNDER THE NAME OF QUEEN OF THE HILLS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 574, 1914, P. 79.

  • Deposit

    SASSMAN, O., 1941, METAL MINING IN HISTORIC BEAVERHEAD:

  • Deposit

    M.A. THESIS, MONTANA STATE UNIV., BOZEMAN, MT, 310 P.

  • Deposit

    OBERT, K.R., 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE SHEEP MOUNTAIN-GRAY

  • Deposit

    JOCKEY PEAK AREA, BEAVERHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA: M.A.

  • Deposit

    THESIS, UNIV. CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, CA, P. 76.

  • Deposit

    MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 85, 1972, P. 140-141.

  • Deposit

    MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 95, 1975, 66 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-APR-94 Hughes, Curt A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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