The Galena Queen is a gold mine located in Park county, Montana at an elevation of 8,701 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 8,701 Feet (2,652 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.25556, -110.62083
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Galena Queen MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Galena Queen
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Park
District: Emigrant Gulch
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: K. Counts
Home Office: Livingstone, Mt.
Years: 1950 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: High-Angle Faulting Along Mill Creek.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED AT END OF FOOT TRAIL ALONG ARRASTRA CREEK.
Comment (Workings): 180 FT. ADIT AND SHAFT
References
Reference (Deposit): REED, G, 1950, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, PARK G., MONT., USBM. INF. CIRC. 7546, P. 52
Reference (Deposit): 1950 COMPILE USBM. INF. CIRC. 751
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
