Mine detail: Copper Queen

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Location: Park County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 45.28741, -110.58303
dep_id: 10056260
mrds_id: SP01141
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Gold, Platinum, Nickel, Silver
Trace mineral: Arsenic
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: VEINS IN SHEAR ZONE
alteration: Host Rocks Said To Be Altered
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Hornblendite
Structure: Beartooth Uplift. Deposit Is In Western Part Of Uplift, Shear Zones
tectonic: Beartooth Uplift Of Rocky Mountains
References:
  • Analytical Data:: STOTELMEYER AND OTHERS, 1983
  • Deposit:: STOTELMEYER, R.B., JOHNSON, F.L., LINDSEY, D.S., RIDENOUR, JAMES, AND SCHMAUCH, S.W., 1983, ECONOMIC APPRAISAL OF THE NORTH ABSAROKA WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, PARK AND SWEET GRASS COUNTIES, MONTANA, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE NORTH ABSAROKA WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, PARK AND SWEET GRASS COUNTIES, MONTANA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1505-C, P. 173-176
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