The Elkhorn Queen is a lead, silver, and zinc mine located in Jefferson county, Montana at an elevation of 6,270 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,270 Feet (1,911 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Zinc
Lat, Long: 46.24694, -111.95806
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Elkhorn Queen MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Elkhorn Queen
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Jefferson
District: Elkhorn District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: J. Rothfus,
Home Office: 2100 Oregon Ave, Butte, Mt 59701
Owner Name: Shipman Mining And Exploration Co,
Home Office: Boulder, Mt 59632
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1880
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SHOOTS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith, Trail Spring Dome, A Northeast-Trending Elongate Domal Structure
Type: L
Description: Ore Bodies And Granodiorite Porphyry Plug Bounded By Faults, Tacoma Gulch Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sedimentary Rocks Altered To Hornfels
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Workings): MINE WORKINGS INCLUDE VERTICAL SHAFT DOWN TO 300 FT. LEVEL, FROM WHICH VEIN MINED ANOTHER 140 FT. DOWNWARD BY UNDERHAND STOPING. OREBODY RANGES FROM ABOUT 200 TO ABOUT 1200 SQ. FT. IN PLAN
Comment (Geology): GRANODIORITE PORPHYRY IS PROBABLY UPPER CRETACEOUS BUT MAY BE LOWER TERTIARY
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBY, ACKERMAN, FULKERSON, & CROWLEY, 1960, MINES & MINERAL DEPOSITS - JEFFERSON CO., MT BU. MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 16.
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTSON, F. 1956, GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING BY SOIL ANALYSES IN MT, MT BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 7
Reference (Deposit): BONDURANT & LAWSON, 1968, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1968, MT BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 72.
Reference (Deposit): KLEPPER, M. R., WEEKS, R. A., RUPPEL, E. T., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN ELKHORN MOUNTAINS, JEFFERSON AND BROADWARER COUNTIES, MONT.: U. S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 292, 82 P.
Reference (Production): ROBY ET AL, 1960, MBMG BULL. 16.
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.
