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Monte Queen Mine

Past Producer in Hinsdale county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Bismuth, Manganese, Antimony
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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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014681
MRDS ID D011563
Record type Site
Current site name Monte Queen Mine
Alternate or previous names Unpatented Claims: Monte Queen, Monte King, Monte Prince, Monte Princess, Monte Duke, Monte Earl
Related records 10239218

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.31119, 38.00529 (WGS84)
Elevation 2749
Relative position 1.8 MILES S 3 E FROM LAKE CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hinsdale(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gunnison(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(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 Hinsdale

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 043N 004W 09 N2 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • MINE LIES ON HILLSIDE SW OF LAKE FORK, SSE OF NELLIE M. MINE AND ACROSS RIVER FROM SULPHURET-CORA MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NATURE OF BI OCCURRENCE UNCERTAIN BUT COULD BE ONE OF SEVERAL COMPLEX SULFIDES WITH PB, CU, AND AG (SEE SLACK, 1980)

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Polybasite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silification

Analytical data

Result PB-ZN ORE CONTAINED AVERAGE 75 OZ/TON AG, RUNNING AS HIGH AS 2000 OZ/TON AG AND 20% BI

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Eureka Member Of Sapinero Mesa Tuff;Fish Canyon Tuff
    Rock description Eureka Member Of Sapinero Mesa Tuff;Fish Canyon Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Tuffaceous Sandstone Of Henson Member Of Silverton Volcanics
    Rock description Tuffaceous Sandstone Of Henson Member Of Silverton Volcanics
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.31119, 38.00529
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression
Type of structure Local
Structure description San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR, PINCH AND SWELL
    Thickness 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne-Trending Radial Fault Related To Lake City Caldera Formation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1974

Mining district

District name Lake (Lake City) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Reeves Minerals, Inc.
    Home office Lake City, Co.
    First year 1974
  • Type Owner
    Owner Vickers Enterprises
    Home office Lake City, Co.
    First year 1974

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLE PARTIAL PRODUCTION RECORD. FIGURES UNAVAILABLE FOR YEARS PRIOR TO 1966. PRODUCTION FOR 1917 NOT REPORTED SEPARATELY BUT COMBINED WITH OTHER LAKE DISTRICT MINES. NO PRODUCTION IN 1965 AND PRESUMABLY FROM 1969 TO 1973, AND AFTER 1974.

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL DRIVEN S 73 W ALONG VEIN FOR 1450 FT, WITH 135-FT WEST CROSSCUT DRIVEN AT 500 FT FROM PORTAL, AND 12-FT WINZE AND 51-FT RAISE DRIVEN AT 700 FT FROM PORTAL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE LIES JUST NE OF LAKE CITY CALDERA WALL IN UNCOMPAHGRE CALDERA MOAT-FILL SEQUENCE, WHICH IS CUT BY GENERALLY N 53 TO 58 E-TRENDING RADIAL FAULT, DOWNDROPPING EUREKA MEMBER RHYOLITE, HENSON MEMBER SANDSTONE, AND FISH CANYON TUFF ON NW AGAINST EUREKA MEMBER ON SE. IRVING AND BANCROFT (1911) DESCRIBE VEIN AS PRIMARILY FILLING OF OPEN CREVICE WITH ONLY MINOR DEGREE OF COUNTRY-ROCK REPLACEMENT. VEIN OCCASIONALLY HAS WELL-DEFINED WALLS, LOCALLY SEPARATED FROM COUNTRY ROCK BY STRONG SELVAGE SEAMS. VERTICAL ORE SHOOTS CONTAIN MAINLY TETRAHEDRITE-PYRITE AND GALENA-SPHALERITE. PYRITIC SHOOTS GENERALLY LOW GRADE. ONE SHOOT CONTAINED SMALLER SHOOTS OF ORE SEPARATED BY VERTICAL INTERVALS OF BARREN QUARTZ, ALL PITCHING SLIGHTLY SE ALONG STRIKE OF VEIN. VEIN LIES IN SLACK'S (1980) BARITE/PRECIOUS METALS ASSEMBLAGE, INNER QUARTZ-SPHALERITE ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1984 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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