| Deposit ID | 10220842 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0300430043 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Tourmaline Queen Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Queen, Tourmaline Queen, Tourmaline Gold Mine |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.96147, 46.2574 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1768 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Jefferson(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Elkhorn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Townsend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Boulder(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Jefferson |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 006 N | 003 W | 22 | C | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Actinolite | Unknown |
| Arsenopyrite | Unknown |
| Epidote | Unknown |
| Fluorite | Unknown |
| Gold | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Pyrrhotite | Unknown |
| Tourmaline | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -111.96147, 46.2574 |
|---|
| Thickness | 22M | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 152M | ||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Ownership category | National Recreation Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Galli Exploration Co. |
| ID | 2401613 |
| Home office | Nevada |
| Year | 1977 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Wade V. Lewis Estate |
| ID | 2401613 |
| Home office | Montana |
| Year | 1977 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0300430043 | |
| Mine Safety and Health Administration | MSHA | MSHA | 2401613 |
MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF STATE LANDS. ABANDONED HARDROCK MINES
PRIORITY SITES, SUMMAR REPORT, MARCH 1994, P. 5-106.
MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 16, 1960, P. 64.
MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY MEMOIR 31, 1950, P. 45.
MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY MEMOIR 20, 1940, P. 43.
MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 107, P. 10.
MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY, DIRECTORY OF MINING
ENTERPRISES BULLETIN 111.
MSHA REPORT DATAED APRIL 1981.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Environmental Factors | NO MILL TAILINGS WERE OBSERVED AT THIS SITE DURING THE INVESTIGATION. NO DISCHARGING ADITS, FILLED SHAFTS, SEEPS, OR SPRINGS WERE IDENTIFIED. ELKHORN CREEK WAS FLOWING APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET FROM THE TOE OF THE WASTE ROCK DUMP. SURFACE WATER AND SEDIMENT SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE SITE. CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS WERE NOT ELEVATED IN THE DOWNSTREAM SAMPLES (SURFACE WATER OR SEDIMENT) WHEN COMPARED WITH THE UPSTREAM SAMPLES. NO HAZARDOUS MINE OPENINGS OR STRUCTURES WERE IDENTIFIED AT THE SITE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 12-FEB-1997 | Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
| Status | Abandoned since 07/15/1982 |
|---|---|
| MSHA mine ID | 2401613 |
| Mine name (MSHA) | Elkhorn Tourmaline-Queen |
| Current operator | Falcon Explorations Company |
| Current controller (parent) | Berg Everett E |
| Mine type | Surface (Metal / non-metal) |
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