Dixie Queen Mine

The Dixie Queen Mine is a copper mine located in Montezuma county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,199 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Dixie Queen Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper

Location

State: Colorado
County: Montezuma
District: Bear Creek District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: San Juan N. F.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Unknown

Ownership

Owner Name: Jess Robinson (?)
Years: 1932 -

Production

Year: 1906
Time Period: 1905-1906
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Hand Sorted To 30% Cu

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1905
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Form: VEINLETS, LENSES

Structure

Type: R
Description: San Juan Uplift (San Juan Mountains), La Plata Mountains Dome

Type: L
Description: Small Ne-Trending Fault About 0.75 Mile To The Northwest; Three Nearly Vertical Fracture Zones, 15 To 20 Ft Apart, All Parallel To Dike; Two Small Fracture Zones Nearly At Right Angles To Dike

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal Alteration, Bleaching

Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SORTED ORE CONTAINED 25-30% CU
Analytical Data: UNSORTED ORE REPORTED TO CONTAIN 4-5% CU

Materials

Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Location): (LAND STATUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AREA LOCATIONS CALCULATED USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS FOR SAN JUAN N. F.). ON NORTH SIDE OF LA PLATA MOUNTAINS, ALONG BEAR CREEK NEAR ITS JUNCTION WITH THE DOLORES RIVER; SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF RICO; UNSURVEYED; SOUTH SIDE OF DOLORES RIVER UP STEWART GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Comment (Workings): 2 TUNNELS: LOWER TUNNEL CUT IN CUTLER FORMATION (BARREN) AND UPPER TUNNEL CUT IN DOLORES FORMATION. BOTH TUNNELS RUN PARALLEL TO WALLS OF DIKE ON EAST SIDE; TUNNELS 150 FT APART VERTICALLY, 300 FT APART HORIZONTALLY

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT WITHIN 40 FT OF BORDER OF MONZONITE PORPHYRY DIKE

References

Reference (Deposit): GODDARD, E.N., 1949, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE BEAR CREEK DISTRICT, IN, ECKEL, E.B., 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 70-72, 110.

Reference (Production): ECKEL, E.B., 1949, USGS PP-219.

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