Park Regent Mine

The Park Regent Mine is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Mineral county, Colorado at an elevation of 10,479 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Park Regent Mine

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: Colorado
County: Mineral
District: Creede 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: Minerals Engineering Co. (Meco)
Home Office: Grand Junction, Co.
Years: 1980 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1892
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: San Juan Volcanic Field; La Garita, Creede, And Bachelor Calderas

Type: L
Description: Creede Graben, Amethyst Fault Zone

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization, Fe And Mn Oxides, Sericitization

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 7 TO 9% PB, 7 TO 8% ZN, 2 OZ/TON AG, $1.60 TO $2.80/TON AU

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Wad
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Amethyst

Comments

Comment (Workings): 1500-FT SHAFT SUNK VERTICALLY FOR 425 FT, THENCE ON INCLINE 55 TO 60 DEG ALONG AMETHYST FAULT. LEVEL 1 (OF 8) DRIVEN AT DEPTH 520 FT NORTHWARD FOR 1000 FT

Comment (Location): S-T-R, LAT-LONG, AND ELEV DETERMINED FROM EMMONS AND LARSEN'S (1923) TOPO MAP (1:24,000). MINE OR CLAIM LIES ABOVE W. WILLOW CR. 2000 FT NW OF HAPPY THOUGHT MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Comment (Deposit): ATTITUDE OF AMETHYST FAULT AND VEIN AT SHAFT. 250 FT NORTH OF SHAFT, STRIKE CHANGES TO N5W

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1890S

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDEMANN, J.W., AND OTHERS, EDS., 1981, FIELD TRIP NOTES, CREEDE MINING DISTRICT, SAN JUAN VOLCANIC PROVINCE, COLORADO: DENVER REGIONAL EXPLORATION GEOLOGISTS SOC. GUIDEBOOK

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, V.V., 1934, A GEOLOGICAL STUDY WITH HISTORICAL NOTES OF CREEDE MINES, INC.: UNPUB. REPT. IN COLO. DIV. MINES FILES, 30 P.

Reference (Deposit): EMMONS, W.H., AND LARSEN, E.S. 1923, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CREEDE DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 718, 198 P.

Reference (Deposit): STEVEN, T.A., AND RATTE, J.C., 1965, GEOLOGY AND STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF ORE DEPOSITION IN THE CREEDE DISTRICT, SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 487, 90 P.

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