The May Queen Mine is a lead and copper mine located in Gunnison county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,881 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 8,881 Feet (2,707 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Copper
Lat, Long: 38.32917, -107.15500
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May Queen Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: May Queen Mine
Secondary: Patented Claims: May Queen, MS 13121
Secondary: El Paso, MS 13121
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Thorium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Gunnison
District: Goose Creek District
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: Haines, A.
Home Office: Gunnison, Co.
Years: 1943 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field
Type: L
Description: Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Cimarron Fault, Tolvar Peak Stock
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ANCTIL REPORTS BACKGROUND RADIATION OF 0.05 MR/HR WITH MAXIMUM COUNT FROM SELECTED GRAB SAMPLE OF 0.80 MR/HR
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Thorite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Location): AT HEAD OF UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF GOOSE CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975
Comment (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).
References
Reference (Deposit): OLSON, J.C., AND HEDLUND, D.C., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GATEVIEW QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1071.
Reference (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.
Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 13121
Reference (Deposit): ANCTIL, R.J., 1954, AEC PRELIM. RECON. REPT. DEB-PRR-C-1632
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