The Ruby Queen is a silver mine located in Deer Lodge county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Ruby Queen MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ruby Queen
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Montana
County: Deer Lodge
District: Oro Fino 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Claude Bielenberg.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Unknown
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 500 PPM CR
Analytical Data: 1000 PPM AS
Analytical Data: 70 PPM AG
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): CAVED ADIT, TRENCHES, ORE BIN, COLLAPSED BUILDING.ADITS ORIENTATION IS N80E. SIZE OF DUMP IS 200X25X20 FEET.
Comment (Deposit): 1.5 ACRES DISTURBED ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Location): ABOUT 198 KM OF NE GUARD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1959)
References
Reference (Deposit): FS FIELD REPORT
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.
