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Golden Queen

Occurrence in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017701
MRDS ID DC04056
MAS/MILS ID 80130348
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Queen
Related records 10238271

Comments on the site names

  • 4 patented claims: Golden Queen, US Survey No. 6274 Golden Queen No. 2, US Survey No. 20587 New Market, US Survey No. 157 Legal Tender, US Survey No. 19159 And unpatented Golden Queen No. 3, recorded in Book 996, p. 458, of the Boulder County Treasurer.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.50083, 40.07345 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position Location uncertain. Seems to straddle the Peak to Peak Hwy at Ward.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ward(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Estes Park(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Vrain(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Boulder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 01N 72W 6 SW4 Colorado
6th Principal 01N 73W 1 SE4 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • Location not certain. Estimated from sketch map in DMEA-4132, scanned page 97. Appears to straddle both sides of hwy through Ward.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Trace
Wolframite Trace

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.50083, 40.07345
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN IN FRACTURE IN GRANITE & GNEISS, STRIKES FROM N 85 E TO N 60 W, DIPS STEEPLY N. PRINCIPALLY A GOLD-BEARING VEIN WITH MINOR AMOUNTS OF WOLFRAMITE AND SCHEELITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ward

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Joseph H. Walter (Gold & Tungsten Consolidated)
    Home office Ward, CO
    Year 1956

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings New Market Shaft
  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings Golden Queen Shaft

Comments on the workings information

  • Mine appears to be accessed through at least two shafts, the Golden Queen (accesses 3 levels 100, 150, and 300 ft in the Golden Queen) and New Market (accesses the 310 ft level in the New Market).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS WARD-SUNSET MINING AREA TOPO MAP, 1937, ADVANCE SHEET, 1:24000.

  • Deposit

    DMEA RECORDS, Docket DMEA-4142.

  • Deposit

    STATE OF COLO. METAL MINING FUND BOARD, 1960, TUNGSTEN MINES OF COLO.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,62

  • Deposit

    MINE MAP REPO[sitory] # 408091

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL AMOUNT OF TUNGSTEN IN [GOLD] ORE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1973-03-01 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2007-05-21 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey also MAS 0080130348 = 10238271
Editor 2013-12-30 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate records
Reporter 1983-11-17 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0080130348 = 10238271

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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