Jasper Queen Mine

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

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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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