Mine detail: Blue Queen

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

48.71205, -120.56092

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Lead, Zinc, Copper
Ore:	Pyrite
Gangue:	Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form:	FAULT
Discovery year:	1955

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Midnight Peak Formation
Host type:	Argillite
Tectonic:	Cascade Volcanic Arc
Alteration processes:	Host Rock Is Bleached Along Fault

References

MRDS	MP00140
DEP	10095804
Reference	STAATZ, M.H., WEIS, P.L., TABOR, R.W., ROBERTSON, J.F., VAN NOY, R.M., PATTEE, E.C., AND HOLT, D.C., 1971, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE PASAYTEN WILDERNESS AREA, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1325, P. 124-125
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.