The Queen Mary Copper Prospect is a copper mine located in Missoula county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Queen Mary Copper Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Queen Mary Copper Prospect
Secondary: Northern Spy
Secondary: Wisconsin
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Montana
County: Missoula
District: Clinton District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1899
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Garnet Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Bearmouth Overthrust
Type: L
Description: Clinton Stock
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: DRILL HOLE RESULTS: 0.13-6.42% CU, 0.1OZ/TON AU, 15.75 OZ/TON AG-TR. AT 200FT DEPTH OF CARRIES LESS THAN 1% CU.
Materials
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Location): RT SIDE OF ROAD BEFORE ALADDIN MINE.
Comment (Development): NOT PATENTED UNTIL 1914.
Comment (Workings): 130FT ADIT DRIFT, 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS, SEVERAL PITS ALL CAVED IN 1945 EXCEPT FOR ADIT DRIFT.
References
Reference (Deposit): ARMSTRONG, FC, JAN. 1945, WRITTEN COMM.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 8, PL 4&6, P. 36.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 660, P. 224-27.
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.
