The Queen of the West Mine, Mountain Lion, Greenhorn, Silver Queen is a lead, zinc, silver, and molybdenum mine located in Summit county, Colorado.
About the MRDS Data:
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:
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Silver, Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 39.43833, -106.18389
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Queen of the West Mine, Mountain Lion, Greenhorn, Silver Queen MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Queen of the West Mine, Mountain Lion, Greenhorn, Silver Queen
Secondary: D-G
Secondary: D & G Property
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Primary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Colorado
County: Summit
District: Kokomo
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Location): 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
Comment (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.
Comment (Commodity): PRODUCED PB, AN, AG, PROSPECTED FOR MO
Comment (Workings): ADITS. SHAFT IN EMMONS (1898) IS NOT SHOWN ON WILSON AND LAROCK MAP.
Comment (Geology): MO IN TACTITE ; GEOL.DESC: VERY LOW GRADE ORE
References
Reference (Deposit): EMMONS, S.F., 1898, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES - TENMILE DISTRICT SPECIAL FOLIO, COLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOLIO 48.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1942, TENMILE MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (UNCLASSIFIED MAP), SCALE: 1:12,000.
Reference (Deposit): KOSCHMANN, A.H. AND WELLS, F.G., 1946, PRELIMINARY REPORT OF THE KOKOMO MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO: COLORADO SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY PROCEEDINGS, VOL. 15, NO. 2, P. 51-112.
Reference (Deposit): MIN. COMM. MICROFILM DOC. #7351
Reference (Deposit): KING, 1969, USGS - WSP1535-N
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 8,65
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.
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