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Queen Princess Property

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087761
MRDS ID D009456
Record type Site
Current site name Queen Princess Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.69614, 38.51557 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Relative position 9.6 MILES N03W OF COTOPAXI, UP RED GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Waugh Mountain(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 Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 049N 012E 07 W2 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
  • Location info is generalized from reports. Accurate to within approximately one mile north-south within trend of the Red Creek district. North end of the district, according to Lindgren (1908).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore
Barite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized To Reddish, Yellowish, Or Red-Brown Color

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 197
USGS model code 30b
Deposit model name Sediment-hosted Cu
Mark3 model number 63

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Minturn Formation, Belden Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.69614, 38.51557
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Near the Cotopaxi fault, which is reported as barren.
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Cotopaxi Fault

Ore body information

  • Dip 20 DEGREES E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbonaceous Shales, Coal Seams Control Ore

Comments on the geologic information

  • Small tonnages of mineralization is hosted by gently dipping beds of dark-gray and dark-green shale. The "red shale" of the Red Gulch Mine (to the south of this mine) probably lies 200 feet stratigraphically above this horizon (Lindgren, 1908). The ore is low grade. The small Acme deposit is located close to the Queen Princess. Lindrgen (1908) reported both to be "half a mile north of Springfield", which was a tiny settlement in the valley of Red Creek.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1907
Year of last production 1907

Mining district

District name Red Gulch District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • No known recorded production.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SMALL PROSPECTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1908, NOTES ON COPPER DEPOSITS IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS BULLETIN 340, P. 170-174.

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, J.R., 1954, GEOLOGY OF AN AREA NORTH OF COTOPAXI, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: M. S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, P. 47-48

  • Deposit

    TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COTOPAXI 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-900, 1:62,500.

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, G.R., 1975, HISTORIC TRAIL MAPS OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEGREE X 2 DEGREES QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-930, 1:250,000

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 25-MAY-2004 Keller, John W. Colorado Geological Survey

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