| Deposit ID | 10010864 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D004891 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gypse Queen Mine |
| Related records | 10263368 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.96726, 38.50056 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2437 |
| Relative position | 2.7 MILES S30E OF SALIDA POST OFFICE |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Chaffee |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 49N | 09E | 15 | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| 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 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||||
| |||||
| 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 |
| (1) | -105.96726, 38.50056 |
|---|
| 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 |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1901 |
| District name | Cleora District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D004891 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0801500137 |
COLORADO BUREAU OF MINES ANNUAL REPORT 1901 1902
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.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FOR MORE INFORMATION ON AREA SEE RECORD FOR "CLEORA DISTRICT" ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| 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 |
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