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Dixie Queen Mine

Past Producer in Montezuma county in Colorado, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Ownership information
  19. Production statistics
  20. Workings at the site
  21. Links to other databases
  22. Bibliographic references
  23. General comments
  24. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013144
MRDS ID D009283
MAS/MILS ID 0080837005
Record type Site
Current site name Dixie Queen Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.17621, 37.57418 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Relative position 27 MILES N 38 W FROM DURANGO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montezuma(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wallace Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dove Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Dolores(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

San Juan 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 Montezuma

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 038N 012W 04 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • (LAND STATUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AREA LOCATIONS CALCULATED USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS FOR SAN JUAN N. F.). ON NORTH SIDE OF LA PLATA MOUNTAINS, ALONG BEAR CREEK NEAR ITS JUNCTION WITH THE DOLORES RIVER; SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF RICO; UNSURVEYED; SOUTH SIDE OF DOLORES RIVER UP STEWART GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal Alteration, Bleaching

Analytical data

Result UNSORTED ORE REPORTED TO CONTAIN 4-5% CU
Result SORTED ORE CONTAINED 25-30% CU

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Monzonite Porphyry
    Rock description Monzonite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Dolores Formation
    Rock description Dolores Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.17621, 37.57418
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Uplift (San Juan Mountains), La Plata Mountains Dome
Type of structure Local
Structure description Small Ne-Trending Fault About 0.75 Mile To The Northwest; Three Nearly Vertical Fracture Zones, 15 To 20 Ft Apart, All Parallel To Dike; Two Small Fracture Zones Nearly At Right Angles To Dike

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLETS, LENSES
    Strike N 30 W
    Dip S 2-7 W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Fracture Zones Paralleling Monzonite Dikes; Coaly Material

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1905

Mining district

District name Bear Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name San Juan N. F.

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jess Robinson (?)
    First year 1932

Production statistics

  • Year 1906
    Period 1905-1906
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Hand Sorted To 30% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 30

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Area 0.044HA
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 45.72M
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 TUNNELS: LOWER TUNNEL CUT IN CUTLER FORMATION (BARREN) AND UPPER TUNNEL CUT IN DOLORES FORMATION. BOTH TUNNELS RUN PARALLEL TO WALLS OF DIKE ON EAST SIDE; TUNNELS 150 FT APART VERTICALLY, 300 FT APART HORIZONTALLY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GODDARD, E.N., 1949, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE BEAR CREEK DISTRICT, IN, ECKEL, E.B., 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 70-72, 110.

  • Production

    ECKEL, E.B., 1949, USGS PP-219.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT WITHIN 40 FT OF BORDER OF MONZONITE PORPHYRY DIKE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey
Editor 23-JUL-2008 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

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