The Silver Queen Claims is a silver mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,299 feet.
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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: 5,299 Feet (1,615 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 44.9811, -113.58310
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Silver Queen Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Queen Claims
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Thorium
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Mc Devitt District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Beaverhead Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Structure: Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Description: Micaceous Quartzite
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Description: Micaceous Quartzite
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1 VEIN WAS SLIGHTLY RADIOACTIVE (0.1 MR/HR MAXIMUM) AND ASSAYED 0.014% EU, 0.001% U, AND 0.062% THO2
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings Consist Of A Series Of Pits, Cuts, Shallow Inclined Shafts
Comment (Location): 2.75 Mi Up Pattee Creek Gulch From Lemhi River, On Ridge On N Side Of Valley
Comment (Geology): Dike Trends N85 Deg E, Dips N
Comment (Geology): Original Structures entry: Local - Fault Zone Trending W, Dipping 83 Deg N
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 8-88, 1988, Appendix B, No. 9, P. 43.
Reference (Deposit): Sharp, W. N., And Cavendar, W. S., 1962, Geology And Thorium-Bearing Deposits Of The Lemhi Pass Area, Lemhi County, Idaho, And Beaverhead County, Montana: USGS Bulletin 1126, 76 P
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