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Jasper Queen Mine

Past Producer in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper, Molybdenum
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013085
MRDS ID D009182
Record type Site
Current site name Jasper Queen Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.41141, 39.03583 (WGS84)
Elevation 2545
Relative position 4.9 MILES N 36 W OF TOWN OF LAKE GEORGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tarryall(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bailey(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Platte Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 012S 072W 02 SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • 4.6 MILES WEST OF LAKE GEORGE ON U.S. HWY 24.; REFERENCE 1 LISTS THIS AS BEING IN SECTION 11; IT LIES NEAR BOUNDARY WITH SECTION 11 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OCCURS AS SMALL CRYSTALS, GRAINS, FLAKES, COATINGS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Clinozoisite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Vesuvianite Gangue
Wollastonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatites Possibly Related To Boulder Creek Granitoid;Silver Plume Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Pegmatites Possibly Related To Boulder Creek Granitoid;Silver Plume Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Biotite Gneiss (Idaho Springs Formation)
    Rock description Biotite Gneiss (Idaho Springs Formation)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.41141, 39.03583
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description South Park, Front Range, Tarryall Mountains, Puma Hills
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LENSOID
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 6.1M
    Width 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Wall Rock Control

Comments on the geologic information

  • SKARNS FOLLOW METAMORPHIC FOLIATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tarryall Springs District (Puma City)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hayden Mining Co.
    First year 1960
  • Type Owner
    Owner Consolidated Tungsten Corp.
    First year 1960

Production statistics

  • Year 1945
    Period 1941-1945
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct
  • Year 1945
    Period 1941-1945
    Material ORE WO3
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION ONLY DURING WORLD WAR II; ORE SHIPPED TO BOULDER STOCKPILE

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFT, PITS, TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

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