Mine detail: Queen of the Hills Mine

Previously called 'Queen Mine
*rien Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

46.9388, -110.74112

Resource(B)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Zinc
Secondary:	Gold, Copper
Tertiary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Silver, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Ankerite, Barite, Quartz
Orebody form:	SHOOTS
Discovery year:	1881

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Belt, Neihart Quartzite;Gneiss And Schist
Host type:	Gneiss
Associated rock:	Snow Creek Porphyry-Pluton And Dikes Of Rhyolite Porphyry;Pinto Diorite-Large Phenocrysts Of Feldspar And Hornblende
Associated type:	Diorite,Rhyolite
Structure:	Zone Of Igneous Intrusions Covering Over 800 Square Km, Pre-Mineral Moulton Fault, Domal Uplift Caused By Intrusion Of Snow Creek Porphyry
Tectonic:	Rocky Mountain Foreland
Alteration processes:	Shallow Oxidation

References

MRDS	W014724
DEP	10071379
Reference	{Deposit:: SCHAFER, P. A., 1935, GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS - NEIHART MINING DIST., CASCADE COUNTY, MT, MT BUREAU MINES & GEOLOGY MEMOIR 13.}{Deposit:: ROBERTSON, A. F., 1951, MINES & MINERAL DEPOSITS - CASCADE COUNTY, U.S. BUREAU MINES INF. CIRC. 7589.}{Deposit:: KLEINKOPF, M. D., WITKIND, I. J., AND KEEFER, W. R., 1972, AEROMAGNETIC, BOUGUER GRAVITY, AND GENERALIZED GEOLOGIC MAPS OF THE CENTRAL PART OF THE LITTLE BELT MOUNTAINS, MONTANA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP GP-837}{Production:: ROBERTSON, 1951, U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 7589}
Reporter	Mlynarczyk, Meg S.