Indian Queen Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Tungsten
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10269728
MAS/MILS ID 0300010075
Record type Site
Current site name Indian Queen Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.82029, 45.8985 (WGS84)
Elevation 1871
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burnt Mountain(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 005 S 010 W 15 SWNESE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.82029, 45.8985

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Birch Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF STATE LANDS. ABANDONED HARDROCK MINE

  • Deposit

    PRIORITY SITE, SUMMARY REPORT, MARCH 1994, P. 5-4.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 5552.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Environmental Factors NO MILL TAILINGS AT THIS SITE, AND NO DISCHARGING ADITS WERE IDENTIFIED. OBSERVED RELEASES TO BIRCH CREEK SEDIMENT WERE DOCUMENTED FOR AS, CD, CO, CU, MN, NI, PB, AND ZN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-OCT-94 O'Brien, Mary Ann U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references