Park Regent Mine

The Park Regent Mine is a silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Pitkin county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,111 feet.

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

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Site Name

Primary: Park Regent Mine
Secondary: Claims: Park
Secondary: Regent
Secondary: Tiger
Secondary: Lizzie
Secondary: Joplin No. 2
Secondary: Siberia
Secondary: Cascade
Secondary: Alaska
Secondary: Iowa No. 2

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: Colorado
County: Pitkin
District: Aspen (Roaring Fork) 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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1885
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: Sawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Piceance Basin, White River Uplift, Elk Uplift

Type: L
Description: Silver Fault, Clark Fault, Smuggler Fault, Della Fault, Regent Fault System

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite

Comments

Comment (Location): IN SMUGGLER MOUNTAIN AREA 0.5 MILE NE OF SMUGGLER MINE. ELEV AND LAT-LONG FROM BRYANT (1972) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)

Comment (Commodity): ORE MINERALS BASED ON OCCURRENCES IN DELLA S. AND BUSHWHACKER MINES

Comment (Deposit): (SEE LAST PAGE)

Comment (Workings): ONE SHAFT AND AT LEAST 17 LEVELS. COWENHOVEN TUNNEL INTERSECTS WORKINGS AT DEPTH OF 960 FT.

References

Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 3935, 3936, 3937, 6948 AM

Reference (Deposit): BRYANT, BRUCE, 1971, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-933

Reference (Deposit): BRYANT, BRUCE, 1972, MAP SHOWING MINES, PROSPECTS, AND AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT SILVER, LEAD, AND ZINC PRODUCTION IN THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-785-D

Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J. E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31, P. 194-196

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