The Chloride Queen Mine is a lead, zinc, copper, and silver mine located in Stevens county, Washington at an elevation of 3,350 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: 3,350 Feet (1,021 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 48.6925, -117.85722
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Chloride Queen Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chloride Queen Mine
Secondary: Colville Queen
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Washington
County: Stevens
District: Bossburg District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Engineered Mines, Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
Discovery Year: 1887
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: Okanogan Highlands
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Ore Has Been Greatly Oxidized
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SOME ORE CONTAINED 18% ZN, 16% PB, 3% CU, AND 3 OZ/TON AG
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): EARLY PRODUCTION NOT RECORDED. 400 TONS LIMONITE SHIPPED TO COLVILLE SMELTER IN EARLY DAYS.
References
Reference (Production): U.S.B.M. INFO. CIRC. 7872
Reference (Deposit): WEAVER, C.E., 1920, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STEVENS COUNTY: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 20., P. 235-237
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T. 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 37, P. 238-239.
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