Mine detail: Chloride Queen Mine

Previously called 'Colville Queen'

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Location

Lat / long:

48.69235, -117.85833

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver
Ore:	Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Limonite, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1887

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1900

Geology

Host rock:	Clugston Creek Limestone;Colville Quartzite
Host type:	Quartzite,Dolomite
Alteration processes:	Ore Has Been Greatly Oxidized

References

MRDS	M060174
DEP	10088841
Reference	{Deposit:: WEAVER, C.E., 1920, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STEVENS COUNTY: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 20., P. 235-237}{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T. 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 37, P. 238-239.}{Production:: U.S.B.M. INFO. CIRC. 7872}
Reporter	Puffett, Willard P.