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Park Regent Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold
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  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. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012362
MRDS ID D007958
Record type Site
Current site name Park Regent Mine
Related records 10167110

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.94423, 37.89445 (WGS84)
Elevation 3194
Relative position 3 MILES N17W FROM CREEDE (B.M. 8853 AT NORTH END OF TOWN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Luis Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Del Norte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rio Grande National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 042N 001W 14 NW OF NE OF NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • S-T-R, LAT-LONG, AND ELEV DETERMINED FROM EMMONS AND LARSEN'S (1923) TOPO MAP (1:24,000). MINE OR CLAIM LIES ABOVE W. WILLOW CR. 2000 FT NW OF HAPPY THOUGHT MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Amethyst Gangue
Barite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Wad Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization, Fe And Mn Oxides, Sericitization

Analytical data

Result 7 TO 9% PB, 7 TO 8% ZN, 2 OZ/TON AG, $1.60 TO $2.80/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Campbell Mtn. Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite;Willow Creek Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite
    Rock description Campbell Mtn. Mbr. Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite;Willow Cr. Mbr. Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Campbell Mtn. Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite;Willow Creek Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite
    Rock description Campbell Mtn. Mbr. Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite;Willow Cr. Mbr. Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Volcanic Field; La Garita, Creede, And Bachelor Calderas
Type of structure Local
Structure description Creede Graben, Amethyst Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W
    Dip 55-63 SW
    Width 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Major Fault, Parallel And Antithetic Fractures In Hanging Wall

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1892

Mining district

District name Creede District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Minerals Engineering Co. (Meco)
    Home office Grand Junction, Co.
    First year 1980

Comments on the workings information

  • 1500-FT SHAFT SUNK VERTICALLY FOR 425 FT, THENCE ON INCLINE 55 TO 60 DEG ALONG AMETHYST FAULT. LEVEL 1 (OF 8) DRIVEN AT DEPTH 520 FT NORTHWARD FOR 1000 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1890S
Deposit ATTITUDE OF AMETHYST FAULT AND VEIN AT SHAFT. 250 FT NORTH OF SHAFT, STRIKE CHANGES TO N5W

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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