Mine detail: Reindeer Queen Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 47.44737, -115.76432

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc, Lead
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form: GRAINS, SEAMS, MASSES

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1914

Geology

Host rock:St. Regis Formation
Host type:Quartzite,Argillite
Tectonic:Belt Basin
Alteration processes:Chlorite, Sericite

References

MRDSW026729
DEP10106004
Reference{Deposit:: FRYKLUND, V. C., JR., 1964 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR *LENE DISTRICT, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 445 , 103 P.}{Deposit:: SPOKANE CHRONICLE, AUG. 11 , 1969}{Deposit:: UMPLEBY, J. B., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1923 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 732 , 156 P.}{Deposit:: HOBBS, S. W., ETAL, 1965 , GEOLOGY OF THE COEUR *LENE DISTRICT, SHOSHONE CO., MONTANA: USGS PROF. PAPER 478 .}{Deposit:: 1923 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY AND JONES, BULL. 732}{Deposit:: 1964 OTHER V. C. FRYKLUND, PROF. PAPER 445}{Production:: UMPLEBY, J. B., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1923 , USGS BULL. 732 , 156 P.}
ReporterMiller, Pat J.