The Jasper Queen Mine is a tungsten mine located in Park county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,350 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,350 Feet (2,545 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 39.03583, -105.41083
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Jasper Queen Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jasper Queen Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Colorado
County: Park
District: Tarryall Springs District (Puma City)
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Consolidated Tungsten Corp.
Years: 1960 -
Owner Name: Hayden Mining Co.
Years: 1960 -
Production
Year: 1945
Time Period: 1941-1945
Year: 1945
Time Period: 1941-1945
Material type: ORE WO3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSOID
Structure
Type: R
Description: South Park, Front Range, Tarryall Mountains, Puma Hills
Type: L
Description: Nw-Trending Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Vesuvianite
Gangue: Wollastonite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Clinozoisite
Comments
Comment (Location): 4.6 MILES WEST OF LAKE GEORGE ON U.S. HWY 24.; REFERENCE 1 LISTS THIS AS BEING IN SECTION 11; IT LIES NEAR BOUNDARY WITH SECTION 11 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Commodity): OCCURS AS SMALL CRYSTALS, GRAINS, FLAKES, COATINGS
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION ONLY DURING WORLD WAR II; ORE SHIPPED TO BOULDER STOCKPILE
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW SHAFT, PITS, TRENCHES
Comment (Geology): SKARNS FOLLOW METAMORPHIC FOLIATION
References
Reference (Deposit): COLORADO METAL MINING FUND BOARD, 1960, TUNGSTEN MINES OF COLORADO: COLORADO METAL MINING FUND BOARD, P. 41
Reference (Deposit): HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, 115 P.
Reference (Deposit): BRYANT, BRUCE, MCGREW, L.W., AND WOBUS, R.A., 1981, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DENVER 1 DEGREES X 2 DEGREES QUADRANGLE, NORTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1163, 1:250,000.
Reference (Production): BELSER (1956)
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