Queen of the West Mine, Mountain Lion, Greenhorn, Silver Queen

Producer in Summit county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108240
MRDS ID DC03552
Record type Site
Current site name Queen of the West Mine, Mountain Lion, Greenhorn, Silver Queen
Alternate or previous names D-G, D & G Property
Related records 10264649

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.1845, 39.43832 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 1.5 MILE NE OF KOKOMO ON SE. SLOPE OF JACQUE MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copper Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blue(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

White River 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 Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 07S 79W 14 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • QUEEN OF THE WEST: 39-26-18N, 106-11-03W; GREENHORN: 39-26-13N, 106-11-06W; MOUNTAIN LION: 39-26-36N, 106-10-52W; SILVER QUEEN: 39-26-09N, 106-11-19W

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRODUCED PB, AN, AG, PROSPECTED FOR MO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.1845, 39.43832

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MO IN TACTITE ; GEOL.DESC: VERY LOW GRADE ORE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kokomo

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS. SHAFT IN EMMONS (1898) IS NOT SHOWN ON WILSON AND LAROCK MAP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FORMERLY QUEEN OF THE WEST MINE, NOW D&G PROPERTY. THIS RECORD DUPLICATED MRDS # D000462 AND MRDS # DC03551. THE THREE RECORDS WERE COMBINED AND RECORDS # D000462 AND DC03551 WERE DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files, King, R.U. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1991 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 14-AUG-0007 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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