Gypse Queen Mine

Producer in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010864
MRDS ID D004891
Record type Site
Current site name Gypse Queen Mine
Related records 10263368

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.96726, 38.50056 (WGS84)
Elevation 2437
Relative position 2.7 MILES S30E OF SALIDA POST OFFICE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salida East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 49N 09E 15 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED; MINE IS SOUTH OF US HWY 24 AND ARKANSAS RIVER, WEST OF BEAR CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cuprite Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Apatite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Grossularite Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Scapolite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Vesuvianite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Surface Rocks Highly Altered; Scapolitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Rock unit name Metavolcanic And Metasedimentary Rocks
    Rock description Metavolcanic And Metasedimentary Rocks

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.96726, 38.50056

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Southern Mosquito Range, Northern Sangre De Cristo Range, Arkansas Valley Graben
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw-Trending Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Schistosity Of Host Rocks

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1901

Mining district

District name Cleora District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COLORADO BUREAU OF MINES ANNUAL REPORT 1901 1902

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOR MORE INFORMATION ON AREA SEE RECORD FOR "CLEORA DISTRICT" ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Foord, Suzann C U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1983 Collins, Donna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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