May Queen Mine

Occurrence in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Thorium

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Geologic structures
Controls for ore emplacement
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Land status
Ownership information
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10094678
MRDS ID	D011174
Record type	Site
Current site name	May Queen Mine
Alternate or previous names	Patented Claims: May Queen, MS 13121, El Paso, MS 13121
Related records	10166844

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-107.15563, 38.32917 (WGS84)
Elevation	2707
Relative position	19.1 MILES S 40 W FROM GUNNISON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gateview(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)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Colorado	Gunnison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
New Mexico	047N	003W	13	SE OF NW OF NE	Colorado

Comments on the location information

AT HEAD OF UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF GOOSE CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Lead	Primary
Copper	Primary
Thorium	Secondary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chalcopyrite	Ore
Galena	Ore
Thorite	Ore
Barite	Gangue
Quartz	Gangue

Analytical data

Result	ANCTIL REPORTS BACKGROUND RADIATION OF 0.05 MR/HR WITH MAXIMUM COUNT FROM SELECTED GRAB SAMPLE OF 0.80 MR/HR

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated

Associated

Rock type

Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Syenite

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Neoproterozoic
Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Neoproterozoic

Host or associated Associated

Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Host or associated	Associated
Rock type	Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
Rock unit name	Leucogranite And Quartz Monzonite;Granite And Quartz Syenite Of Carpenter Gulch
Rock description	Leucogranite And Quartz Monzonite;Granite And Quartz Syenite Of Carpenter Gulch

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Metamorphic Rock > Schist
Rock unit name	Dubois Greenstone--Metavolcanic Hornblende Schist And Amphibolite;Dubois Greenstone--Interlayered Felsic Volcanics And Metasedimentary Rocks
Rock description	Dubois Greenstone--Metavolcanic Hornblende Schist And Amphibolite;Dubois Greenstone--Interlayered Felsic Volcanics And Metasedimentary Rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
Host or associated Host

Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-107.15563, 38.32917	ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure	Regional
Structure description	Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field
Type of structure	Local
Structure description	Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Cimarron Fault, Tolvar Peak Stock

Controls for ore emplacement

Interfingering Contact Between Principal Units Of Dubois Greenstone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Goose Creek District

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Ownership information

Type Owner

Owner Haines, A.

Home office Gunnison, Co.

First year 1943

Type	Owner
Owner	Haines, A.
Home office	Gunnison, Co.
First year	1943

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	D011174
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0080510227

Bibliographic references

Deposit

OLSON, J.C., AND HEDLUND, D.C., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GATEVIEW QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1071.
Deposit

SHERIDAN, D.M., AND OTHERS, 1981, PRECAMBRIAN SULFIDE DEPOSITS IN THWESTERNGUNNISON REGION, COLORADO, IN EPIS, R.C., AND CALLENDER, J.F., EDS., WESTERN SLOPE COLORADO: NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. 32D FIELD CONF. GUIDEBOOK, P. 273-277.
Deposit

BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 13121
Deposit

ANCTIL, R.J., 1954, AEC PRELIM. RECON. REPT. DEB-PRR-C-1632

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	TYPE OF DEPOSIT NOT EXACTLY UNKNOWN BUT IS ASSUMED TO BE SIMILAR TO STRATABOUND MASSIVE SULFIDES OF MINES TO NE. MINE SYMBOL ON GEOLOGIC MAP IS LOCATED ON INTERFINGERING CONTACT BETWEEN TWO PRINCIPAL UNITS OF DUBOIS GREENSTONE. FOLIATION OR LAYERING TRENDS GENERALLY N 40 E. EAST OF MINE IS SMALL STOCK OF GRANITE AND QUARTZ SYENITE. SOUTH OF MINE ARE LEUCOGRANITE DIKES AND LENSOID BODIES. OCCURRENCE OF GALENA AND THORITE MENTIONED BY ANCTIL (1954).

Subject category

Comment text

Deposit

TYPE OF DEPOSIT NOT EXACTLY UNKNOWN BUT IS ASSUMED TO BE SIMILAR TO STRATABOUND MASSIVE SULFIDES OF MINES TO NE. MINE SYMBOL ON GEOLOGIC MAP IS LOCATED ON INTERFINGERING CONTACT BETWEEN TWO PRINCIPAL UNITS OF DUBOIS GREENSTONE. FOLIATION OR LAYERING TRENDS GENERALLY N 40 E. EAST OF MINE IS SMALL STOCK OF GRANITE AND QUARTZ SYENITE. SOUTH OF MINE ARE LEUCOGRANITE DIKES AND LENSOID BODIES. OCCURRENCE OF GALENA AND THORITE MENTIONED BY ANCTIL (1954).

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Wikidata: Q49430518 (May Queen Mine)

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