Galt-Queen

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173263
MRDS ID M060836
MAS/MILS ID 0300130014
Record type Site
Current site name Galt-Queen
Alternate or previous names Queen, Equator, Queen of the Hills, Equator & Great Western, Galt

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.74114, 46.93881 (WGS84)
Elevation 1719
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cascade(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Neihart(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Belt(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Cascade

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 014 N 008 E 29 NWSWSW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ankerite Unknown
Barite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Polybasite Unknown
Proustite Unknown
Pyrargyrite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Smithsonite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tantalite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.74114, 46.93881

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25E
    Dip 82S
    Thickness 0.8M
    Length 140M
    Width 46M
    Depth to top 120M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N25E:82S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 6.7HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 6.7
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1881

Mining district

District name Neihart Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Queen Mining And Milling Co., J. A. Swanson Agency
    Interest 99
    Home office Montana

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MATRIX GRADES FROM USBM IC 7589. RES. QUANT. ESTIMATES BY EVALUATOR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG M13 P33,C3-D6-18

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 7589, P.27-33, 78, 80

  • Deposit

    MBM G MEM 15, 1935 P.17

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM. 13, P. 31-34

  • Deposit

    USGS 20TH ANN. REPT. P.423-424, 427-428

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Mcclernan U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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