The Silver Queen Mine is a gold mine located in Deer Lodge county, Montana at an elevation of 6,900 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,900 Feet (2,103 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 46.21944, -113.01861
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Silver Queen Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Queen Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Deer Lodge
District: Lost 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Flint Creek Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Mount Powell Batholith
Type: L
Description: Lost Creek Granite Stock
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): N SLOPE OF LOST CR CANYON. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)
Comment (Production): EARLL ESTIMATES PRODUCTION OF ROUGHLY 200 ST ORE
Comment (Deposit): IN THE BEDDING PLANE. ONE LENS OF ORE EXTENDING ROUGHLY FROM THE 54 FT LEVEL TO THE BOTTOM OF A WINZE ABOUT THE 165 FT LEVEL HAS BEEN MINED.
Comment (Workings): MINE DEVELOPED BY A SERIES OF SMALL ADITS ALONG A SPLITTING VEIN STRUCTURE. TRAMWAY TO LOST CR.
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 84, P. 27.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 78, P. 245.
Reference (Production): MBMG BULL 84.
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.
