The Silver Queen Mine is a silver mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 7,100 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,100 Feet (2,164 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 44.96556, -112.49167
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Silver Queen Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Queen Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Jake Canyon District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Jess Roberts, Frank Actis, Frank White
Owner Name: Silver Queen Exploration
Home Office: Denver, CO
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1904
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Pioneer Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Location): ON THE EAST SLOPE IN THE SOUTH FORK OF JAKE CANYON
Comment (Workings): DEPOSIT REPORTED IN EAST - WEST TRENDING FAULT ZONE OF AT LEAST 30 FT WIDTH, GEACH REPORTED 1965 WORKINGS INACCESSIBLE BUT IN 1974 LAWSON LISTS MINE AS DEVELOPING
References
Reference (Deposit): LAWSON, D. C., 1974, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1974, MT. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 95.
Reference (Deposit): GEACH, R. D., 1972, MINES & MINERAL DEPOSITS OF BEAVERHEAD CO, MT., MT. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 85.
Reference (Production): GEACH, R. D., 1972, MT. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 85.
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.
