Queen of the Mountains and Kentuck Claims Mine

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

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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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