Mine detail: Copper Queen Mine

Previously called 'Tendoy Copper Queen'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.96599, -113.4723

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Molybdenum, Thorium, Uranium
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cubanite, Cuprite, Gold, Malachite, Thorite
Gangue:	Calcite, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR SHOOTS
Discovery year:	1883

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1905

Geology

Host rock:	Belt Supergroup
Host type:	Quartzite
Associated rock:	Propylite Or Diorite Dikes
Associated type:	Diorite

References

MRDS	M060189
MAS	160590228
DEP	10042412
Reference	{Deposit:: Umpleby, J.B., 1913, Geology And Ore Deposits Of Lemhi County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 528, P. 118-121}{Deposit:: Schipper, W.B., 1955, The Tendoy Copper Queen Mine, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M.S. Thesis, 37 P.}{Deposit:: Sharp, W.N., And Cavendar, W.S., 1962, Geology And Thorium-Bearing Deposits Of The Lemhi Pass Area, Lemhi County, Idaho, And Beaverhead County, Montana: USGS Bull 1126, 76 P.}{Deposit:: Staatz, M.H., 1972, Geology And Description Of The Thorium-Bearing Veins, Lemhi Pass Quadrangle, Idaho And Montana: USGS Bull 1351, 94 P.}{Production:: Items 1,2,3,8, Sharp, W.N., And Cavendar, W.S., 1962, USGS Bull 1126; Items 4,5, Schipper, W.B., 1955, Univ. Of Idaho M.S. Thesis}
Reporter	Puffett, Willard P., Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)