The Copper Queen is a copper mine located in Park county, Montana at an elevation of 7,001 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: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 45.2875, -110.58222
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Copper Queen MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Queen
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Secondary: Nickel
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Montana
County: Park
District: Mill Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: VEINS IN SHEAR ZONE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Beartooth Uplift. Deposit Is In Western Part Of Uplift
Type: L
Description: Shear Zones
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Host Rocks Said To Be Altered
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CHIP AND GRAB SAMPLES RAN TR-0.8 OZ/TON AG, 0.03-5.41% CU, 0.008-0.6% NI, 0.001-0.002 OZ/TON PT. TWO SAMPLES CONTAINED 0.02 AND 0.09 OZ/TON AU AND ONE SAMPLE CONTAINED 1.2% AS
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): FIRST ESTIMATE IS FOR INFERRED SUBMARGINAL RESOURCES IN CRUSHED AND SHEARED ZONES ON THE COPPER QUEEN CLAIM. SECOND ESTIMATE IS FOR INFERRED SUBECONOMIC RESOURCES BETWEEN THE COPPER QUEEN AND LOST CABIN WORKINGS
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZED SHEAR IN DIORITE
Comment (Production): PROBABLY NO PRODUCTION
Comment (Commodity): GRAPHITE AND ASBESTOS ARE PRESENT BUT NOT RECOVERABLE
Comment (Location): IN GALLATIN NATIONAL FOREST
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL PITS AND TRENCHES
Comment (Geology): HORNBLENDE DIORITE MAY BE UNMETAMORPHOSED EQUIVALENT OF THE METADIORITE SCHIST
References
Reference (Analytical Data): STOTELMEYER AND OTHERS, 1983
Reference (Deposit): STOTELMEYER, R.B., JOHNSON, F.L., LINDSEY, D.S., RIDENOUR, JAMES, AND SCHMAUCH, S.W., 1983, ECONOMIC APPRAISAL OF THE NORTH ABSAROKA WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, PARK AND SWEET GRASS COUNTIES, MONTANA, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE NORTH ABSAROKA WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, PARK AND SWEET GRASS COUNTIES, MONTANA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1505-C, P. 173-176
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.
