Mine detail: Queen Mine

Previously called 'Moyie Gold Copper Mining and Milling Co.'

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Location

Lat / long:

48.90457, -116.22326

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Gold
Tertiary:	Lead, Zinc, Silver
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form:	TABULAR , STRINGERS

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	None
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Prichard Formation-Feldspathic Quartzite, Argillite
Host type:	Gabbro,Quartzite
Associated rock:	Purcell Sills-Quartz Diorite To Gabbro, Metagabbro
Associated type:	Gabbro
Structure:	Bethlehem Fault Trends N 40 Deg W, Dips About 45 Deg Sw And Is About 100 Ft. Wide., Shear Zones Parallel To Bedding Of Prichard Formation, Vein On Contact Of Sill And Quartzite; Gouge 16 - 18 Inches Wide.
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:	Silicification; Oxidation; Fe - Stains; Bleached

References

MRDS	W012845
MAS	160210021
DEP	10070137
Reference	{Deposit:: Brackebusch, F. W., 1969, Economic Geology Of The Queen Mountain Area, A Part Of The Purcell Range, Boundary County, Idaho: Unpublished Thesis, Univ. Idaho, 76 P.}{Deposit:: Kirkham, V. R. D., And Ellis, E. W., 1926, Geology And Ore Deposits Of Boundary County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin 10, 78 P.}{Deposit:: Kiilsgaard, T. H., 1951, Descriptions Of Some Ore Deposits And Their Relationships To The Purcell Sills, Boundary County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 85, 31 P.}{Deposit:: 1926 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Bulletin 10}{Deposit:: Direxpl Moyie Gold Mining And Milling Co.}{Deposit:: 1951 Other Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 85}{Deposit:: Anderson And Wagner 1945 Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology, Pamphlet 73}
Reporter	Miller, Pat J., Kauffman, John D.