The Queen of the Hills is a lead mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 8,399 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: 8,399 Feet (2,560 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 45.6731, -112.95360
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Queen of the Hills MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Queen of the Hills
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Quartz Hill
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): A SELECTED SAMPLE ASSAYED .33 PERCENT CU,6.80 PERCENT P6, .30 PERCENT 2N,.430 OUNCE OF SILVER AND .30 OUNCE OF GOLD PER TON THE PROPERTY HAS NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION UNDER THE NAME OF QUEEN OF THE HILLS
References
Reference (Deposit): MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 95, 1975, 66 P.
Reference (Deposit): MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 85, 1972, P. 140-141.
Reference (Deposit): THESIS, UNIV. CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, CA, P. 76.
Reference (Deposit): JOCKEY PEAK AREA, BEAVERHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA: M.A.
Reference (Deposit): OBERT, K.R., 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE SHEEP MOUNTAIN-GRAY
Reference (Deposit): M.A. THESIS, MONTANA STATE UNIV., BOZEMAN, MT, 310 P.
Reference (Deposit): SASSMAN, O., 1941, METAL MINING IN HISTORIC BEAVERHEAD:
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 574, 1914, P. 79.
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.
