The Queen of the Hills Mine is a silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Cascade county, Montana at an elevation of 5,640 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,640 Feet (1,719 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 46.93889, -110.74028
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Queen of the Hills Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Queen of the Hills Mine
Secondary: Queen Mine
Secondary: O'Brien Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Montana
County: Cascade
District: Neihart District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Queen Mining And Milling Co, Kalispell, Montana
Owner Name: Queen Leasing Co.
Production
Year: 1942
Time Period: 1901 - 1942
Material type: PB
Description: Cp_Grade: ^3 %
Year: 1942
Time Period: 1901 - 1942
Material type: ZN
Description: Cp_Grade: ^3 %
Year: 1942
Time Period: 1901 - 1942
Material type: AG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^11 Oz/St
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1881
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
Physiographic Detail: Little Belt Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SHOOTS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Zone Of Igneous Intrusions Covering Over 800 Square Km
Type: L
Description: Pre-Mineral Moulton Fault, Domal Uplift Caused By Intrusion Of Snow Creek Porphyry
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Shallow Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Ankerite
Comments
Comment (Workings): QUEEN VEIN DEVELOPED BY 3 ADITS, THE MAIN ONE IS 1,250 FT. THE REMAINING TWO ARE RELATIVELY SHORT (100 - 200 FT.). A CROSSCUT 950 FT. FROM PORTAL INTERSECTS O'BRIAN VEIN. MINE ALSO DEVELOPED BY 3 COMPARTMENT VERTICAL SHAFT WHICH HAS 2 LEVELS (100 & 300 FT.) QUEEN SHAFT IS ADJACENT TO PORTAL OF MAIN ADIT. 300 LEVEL DRIFT FROM SHAFT EXTENDS SOUTH UNDER BELT CREEK AND NORTH UNDER THE GALT MINE ALMOST TO THE NEVADA CLAIM; A LENGTH OF MORE THAN 2300 FT.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): FUTURE DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE AT DEEPER LEVELS OF KNOWN ORE SHOOTS.
Comment (Commodity): ORE UNUSUALLY HIGH IN ZINC
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION RECORDS PRIOR TO 1900 INCOMPLETE - ESTIMATED TO BE APPROXIMATELY $200,000 PRODUCED MOSTLY IN SILVER
Comment (Development): FIRST CLAIM LOCATED IN NEIHART DISTRICT
Comment (Location): PROPERTY ON UNSURVEYED TERRITORY - SECTION NUMBER ESTIMATED. UTM LOCATION OF SHAFT
Comment (Geology): PRECAMBRIAN CRYSTALLINE ROCKS ARE PRE-BELT.
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHAFER, P. A., 1935, GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS - NEIHART MINING DIST., CASCADE COUNTY, MT, MT BUREAU MINES & GEOLOGY MEMOIR 13.
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTSON, A. F., 1951, MINES & MINERAL DEPOSITS - CASCADE COUNTY, U.S. BUREAU MINES INF. CIRC. 7589.
Reference (Deposit): KLEINKOPF, M. D., WITKIND, I. J., AND KEEFER, W. R., 1972, AEROMAGNETIC, BOUGUER GRAVITY, AND GENERALIZED GEOLOGIC MAPS OF THE CENTRAL PART OF THE LITTLE BELT MOUNTAINS, MONTANA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP GP-837
Reference (Production): ROBERTSON, 1951, U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 7589
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.
