Mine detail: Elkhorn Queen

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

46.24684, -111.95893

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Zinc, Lead
Secondary:	Copper, Gold
Ore:	Gold, Limonite, Silver, Sphalerite
Orebody form:	SHOOTS
Discovery year:	1880

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Lodgepole Limestone, Beds Of Limestone And Mudstone;Three Forks Shale, Shale With Sandstone And Limestone;Jefferson Dolomite, Well-Bedded Dolomite
Host type:	Diorite,Shale,Dolomite
Associated rock:	Granodiorite Porphyry Plug;Andesite Porphyry Intrusions;Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics, Andesite, Tuffs
Associated type:	Diorite,Andesite
Structure:	Boulder Batholith, Trail Spring Dome, A Northeast-Trending Elongate Domal Structure, Ore Bodies And Granodiorite Porphyry Plug Bounded By Faults, Tacoma Gulch Fault
Tectonic:	Cordilleran Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:	Sedimentary Rocks Altered To Hornfels

References

MRDS	W014708
DEP	10071367
Reference	{Deposit:: ROBY, ACKERMAN, FULKERSON, & CROWLEY, 1960, MINES & MINERAL DEPOSITS - JEFFERSON CO., MT BU. MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 16.}{Deposit:: ROBERTSON, F. 1956, GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING BY SOIL ANALYSES IN MT, MT BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 7}{Deposit:: BONDURANT & LAWSON, 1968, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1968, MT BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 72.}{Deposit:: KLEPPER, M. R., WEEKS, R. A., RUPPEL, E. T., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN ELKHORN MOUNTAINS, JEFFERSON AND BROADWARER COUNTIES, MONT.: U. S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 292, 82 P.}{Production:: ROBY ET AL, 1960, MBMG BULL. 16.}
Reporter	Mlynarczyk, Meg S.