The Queen of the Mountains and Kentuck Claims Mine is a gold, lead, and silver mine located in Owyhee county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,926 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 6,926 Feet (2,111 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 42.7508, -116.92560
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Queen of the Mountains and Kentuck Claims Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Queen of the Mountains and Kentuck Claims Mine
Secondary: Crown Point
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Owyhee
District: South Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1868
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Physiographic Detail: Owyhee Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidized
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: DUMP SAMPLE ASSAYED 15% PB, 20 OZ. AG, $3 AU, AND 8% ZN.
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Ilvaite
Gangue: Siderite
Comments
Comment (Location): BETWEEN BAY STATE AND GOLCONDA GROUPS.
Comment (Geology): AGE OF LIMESTONE AND SCHIST IS UNKNOWN, PRE CRET.
Comment (Deposit): DIORITE IS MEDIUM GRAINED, GRAY WHICH CARRIES AN EXCESS OF HORN BLENDE OVER BIOTITE. THE LIMESTONE IS WHITE, BLOCKY AND MARBLIZED CONTAINING STREAKS OF SILICA
References
Reference (Deposit): SORENSON, R. E., 1927 , THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTH MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICT, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 22 , 47 P.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., 1898 , THE GOLD AND SILVER VEINS OF SILVER CITY, DELAMAR, AND OTHER MINING DISTRICTS IN IDAHO: USGS 20TH ANN. REPT., PT. 3 , P. 65 - 256.
Reference (Deposit): 1898 RECON W. LINDGREN, 20TH ANN. REPT.
Reference (Deposit): 1927 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 22
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