Mine detail: Indian Queen Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

45.39768, -112.82033

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Copper, Gold
Secondary:	Lead
Tertiary:	Tungsten
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite, Malachite, Melaconite, Scheelite
Gangue:	Axinite, Calcite, Diopside, Epidote, Garnet, Hematite, Magnetite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR SHOOTS
Discovery year:	1867

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1903

Geology

Host rock:	Mission Canyon
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Pioneer Batholith
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Nw Faulting And Ne Folds, East Limb Of Humbolt Mtn. Anticline, Pioneer Batholith
Tectonic:	Batholithic Intrusion Along A Nne Strike
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	W026528
DEP	10078274
Reference	{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 85, P. 91-93, 177.}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 574, P. 61-65.}{Deposit:: USBM RI 5552, 41 P.}{Deposit:: SASSMAN, O., 1941 MA THESIS MSU, P. 216-221.}{Deposit:: STEVENS, H.J., 1906, THE COPPER HANDBOOK: HOUGHTON, MICHIGAN, V. 6, P. 581.}{Deposit:: USGS MAP I-433.}{Deposit:: STEVENS, H.J., THE COPPER HANDBOOK: HOUGHTON, MICHIGAN, V. 6, P. 581.}{Deposit:: 1906 COMPILE STEVENS, H. J., PUB. REPORT}{Deposit:: 1914 COMPILE WINCHELL, A. N., REPORT & GEOLOGIC MAP}{Deposit:: 1960 GEOCHEM PATEE, E. C., PUB. REPORT}{Deposit:: 1965 GEOLMAP LOWELL, W.R., U.S.G.S., M.I. MAP I-433}{Deposit:: 1972 COMPILE GEACH, R. D., PUB. REPORT}{Production:: GEACH, 1972 , MINES, BEAVERHEAD CO., P. 177}
Reporter	Johns, Willis M.; R. B. Berg, Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.)