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Arrastre Queen Mine

Past Producer in Summit county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021668
MRDS ID DE00802
Record type Site
Current site name Arrastre Queen Mine
Alternate or previous names Rochester Queen

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.90282, 39.53332 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 3 3/4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTEZUMA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Keystone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blue(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

White River 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 Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
006S 076W 17 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. THE ROCHESTER QUEEN OR ARRASTRE QUEEN, AS IT WAS LATER KNOWN, IS ON THE NORTH FORK OF THE SWAN RIVER 3 MILES FROM ITS MOUTH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Galena Ore
Iron Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.90282, 39.53332
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE COUNTRY ROCK OF THE MINE COMPRISES BIOTITE DIORITE PORPHYRY AND HORNBLENDE GNEISS THAT HAVE BROKEN AWAY FROM THE CLIFFS ABOVE AND SLID TO THEIR PRESENT PLACE SINCE THE LAST RETREAT OF THE GLACIER WHICH FORMERLY OCCUPIED THE VALLEY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1800
Discoverer Daniel Patrick
Year of first production 1881

Mining district

District name Montezuma - Geneva Creek

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT. IT WAS DEVELOPED BY A 75-FOOT SHAFT, 325 FEET OF DRIFTS, A TUNNEL 100 FEET LONG, AND A 75-FOOT WINZE. THE WORKINGS DID NOT FOLLOW ANY WELL-DEFINED VEIN BUT EXPLORED SEVERAL NARROW FISSURES IN THE STRONGLY FRACTURED GNEISS AND PORPHYRY.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: THE MINE PRODUCED $5,000 WORTH OF ORE A MONTH FOR 3 MONTHS IN 1881, AND SHIPMENTS WERE SENT TO THE ARGO SMELTER IN 1881 AND 1882.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1991 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

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