Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryLead, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formSMALL LENTICULAR DEPOSITS CONFORMABLE WITH THE BEDDING CONFORMABLE WITH THE BEDDING
Ore controlVertical Fissures That Follow Major Fractures, Which Strike Nw, Ne And East - West. Ordinarily Found In Two Sandy Dolomite Zones One Above Massive Quartzite In The Lower Deadwood And The Other Above An Upper Quartzite Located Near The Top Of The Formation.
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
GangueChalcopyrite, Dolomite, Freibergite, Quartz, Quartzite, Siderite, Sphalerite
Geology
Associated rockPlutonic Rock · Sills And Dikes
AlterationThoroughly Oxidized
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10055459
MRDS IDSD02011
Alternate namesQueen Mine, New Silver Queen Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.31635, -103.64196
References
BIENIEWSKI, C. L., AND MCGREGOR, D. J., 1965 , MINERAL INDUSTRY OF SOUTH DAKOTA IN 1963 , SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERALS REPORT 11US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688 .US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, US BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, AND SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1975 , MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF SOUTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 16 .U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, U. S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, AND SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1975 , MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF SOUTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 16 { BIENIEWSKI, C. L., AND MCGREGOR, D. J., 1964 , THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF SOUTH DAKOTA IN 1962 , SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERALS REPORT 10 { HOYT, C. D., 1972 , THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF SOUTH DAKOTA IN 1970 , SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERALS REPORT 17 { SMITH, M. C., AND KOCH, C., 1976 , THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF SOUTH DAKOTA IN 1969 , SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERALS REPORT 16 A