The Indian Queen Mine is a silver, copper, and gold mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 6,152 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,152 Feet (1,875 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 45.39778, -112.81944
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Indian Queen Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Indian Queen Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Birch Creek (Utopia) 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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Myrl Erwin And Anaconda Co.,
Years: 1972 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1903
Discovery Year: 1867
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Pioneer Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR SHOOTS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Nw Faulting And Ne Folds
Type: L
Description: East Limb Of Humbolt Mtn. Anticline, Pioneer Batholith
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Melaconite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Axinite
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS IN SHOOTS AND BUNCHES WITHIN THE FAULT OR IN LIMESTONE NEAR THE IGNEOUS CONTACT. MOST OF THE ORE WAS OXIDIZED, EXCEPT FOR SOME VERY RICH SULPHIDE ORE AT DEPTH
Comment (Commodity): 3.8 PERCENT CU AND 1.8 OZ/TON AG
Comment (Location): NE 1/4, SE 1/4, SECTION 15.
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION OF ORE AMOUNTS TO 22,907 TONS
Comment (Workings): SHAFTS 150 AND 200 FEET DEEP, 800 FOOT ADIT, AND 1600 FEET OF UNDERGROUND OPENINGS, ALL INACCESSIBLE FOR MANY YEARS.
Comment (Geology): SCHEELITE CRYSTALS UP TO 25 MM OCCUR.
Comment (Deposit): THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN INACTIVE SINCE 1923 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 85, P. 91-93, 177.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 574, P. 61-65.
Reference (Deposit): USBM RI 5552, 41 P.
Reference (Deposit): SASSMAN, O., 1941 MA THESIS MSU, P. 216-221.
Reference (Deposit): STEVENS, H.J., 1906, THE COPPER HANDBOOK: HOUGHTON, MICHIGAN, V. 6, P. 581.
Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP I-433.
Reference (Deposit): STEVENS, H.J., THE COPPER HANDBOOK: HOUGHTON, MICHIGAN, V. 6, P. 581.
Reference (Deposit): 1906 COMPILE STEVENS, H. J., PUB. REPORT
Reference (Deposit): 1914 COMPILE WINCHELL, A. N., REPORT & GEOLOGIC MAP
Reference (Deposit): 1960 GEOCHEM PATEE, E. C., PUB. REPORT
Reference (Deposit): 1965 GEOLMAP LOWELL, W.R., U.S.G.S., M.I. MAP I-433
Reference (Deposit): 1972 COMPILE GEACH, R. D., PUB. REPORT
Reference (Production): GEACH, 1972 , MINES, BEAVERHEAD CO., P. 177
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.
