Mine detail: Minnie Moore and Silver Star-Queens Mine

Previously called 'Queen of the Hills'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.47099, -114.2903

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Silver, Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold, Antimony, Tin
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Bournonite, Calcite, Freibergite, Limonite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Siderite, Stilbite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1880

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1881

Geology

Host rock:Milligen Formation-Siliceous Argillite And Limestone;Wood River Formation
Host type:Argillite
Associated rock:Quartz Diorite
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:Faulted Nw Trending Anticline, Flat And Low-Dipping Faults Offset Veins Minnie Moore Ore Shoot Bottoms In A Breccia Mass.

References

MRDSM060186
DEP10042411
Reference{Deposit:: UMPLEBY, J.B., WESTGATE, L.G. AND ROSS, C.P. 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WOOD RIVER REGION, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 814, P. 219-240}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, A.L., KIILSGAARD, T.H. AND FRYKLUND, V.C. JR., 1950, DETAILED GEOLOGY OF CERTAIN AREAS IN THE MINERAL HILL AND WARM SPRINGS MINING DISTRICTS, BLAINE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, PAMPHLET 90, P. 13-19}{Deposit:: HALL, W.E., AND CZAMANSKE, G.K, 1972, MINERALOGY AND TRACE ELEMENT CONTENT OF THE WOOD RIVER LEAD-SILVER DEPOSITS, BLAINE COUNTY, IDAHO: ECON. GEOL. V. 67, P. 350-361}{Deposit:: LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1900, THE GOLD AND SILVER VEINS OF SILVER CITY, DE LAMAR AND OTHER MINING DISTRICTS IN IDAHO: USGS TWENTIETH ANN. RPT. PT. 3, P. 198-200}{Deposit:: 5) USBM, 1975, ACTIVITY OF IDAHO MINING PROPERTIES, 1974, USBM, BOISE, IDAHO, 61 P.}{Deposit:: 6) SPOKANE CHRONICLE, MARCH 18, 1968.}{Deposit:: 7) CAMPBELL, STEWART, 1928, A GEOLOGIC ERROR REGARDING THE WOOD RIVER DISTRICT: ENG. MINING JOUR., V. 126, NO. 8, P. 287-289.}{Deposit:: 1898 GEOLMAP LINDGREN, WALDEMAR-USGS 20TH ANN. RPT. PT. 3}{Deposit:: 1910 GEOLMAP HEWETT, D.F. USGS BULL. 814}{Deposit:: 1949 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY-PAMPHLET 90}{Deposit:: 1975 COMPILE USBM, ACTIVITY OF IDAHO MINING PROPERTIES, 1974.}
ReporterEverett, Sandra E., Puffett, Willard P.