The Arrastre Queen Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Summit county, Colorado.
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Arrastre Queen Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Arrastre Queen Mine
Secondary: Rochester Queen
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Colorado
County: Summit
District: Montezuma - Geneva Creek
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1881
Discovery Year: 1800
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Iron
Ore: Copper
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE COUNTRY ROCK OF THE MINE COMPRISES BIOTITE DIORITE PORPHYRY AND HORNBLENDE GNEISS THAT HAVE BROKEN AWAY FROM THE CLIFFS ABOVE AND SLID TO THEIR PRESENT PLACE SINCE THE LAST RETREAT OF THE GLACIER WHICH FORMERLY OCCUPIED THE VALLEY.
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: THE MINE PRODUCED $5,000 WORTH OF ORE A MONTH FOR 3 MONTHS IN 1881, AND SHIPMENTS WERE SENT TO THE ARGO SMELTER IN 1881 AND 1882.
Comment (Workings): ADIT. IT WAS DEVELOPED BY A 75-FOOT SHAFT, 325 FEET OF DRIFTS, A TUNNEL 100 FEET LONG, AND A 75-FOOT WINZE. THE WORKINGS DID NOT FOLLOW ANY WELL-DEFINED VEIN BUT EXPLORED SEVERAL NARROW FISSURES IN THE STRONGLY FRACTURED GNEISS AND PORPHYRY.
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. THE ROCHESTER QUEEN OR ARRASTRE QUEEN, AS IT WAS LATER KNOWN, IS ON THE NORTH FORK OF THE SWAN RIVER 3 MILES FROM ITS MOUTH
References
Reference (Deposit): LOVERING, T.S., 1935, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MONTEZUMA QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 178, 119 P. p. 99
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, ANNA B., AND LAROCK, EDWARD J., 1991, ASCII DATABASE FOR PRINCIPAL LODE MINES AND MINERALIZED AREAS IN SOUTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 91-0027A AND B, 22 P. AND ONE DISKETTE.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, ANNA B., AND LAROCK, EDWARD J., IN PRESS, MINERALIZED AREAS AND PRINCIPAL LODE MINES IN SOUTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-2163, SCALE 1:50,000.
Reference (Production): COLORADO MINING DIRECTORY FOR 1883
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