Mine detail: Dixie Queen Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

37.57418, -108.17621

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcocite, Malachite
Gangue:	Calcite, Limonite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	VEINLETS, LENSES

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1905

Geology

Host rock:	Dolores Formation
Host type:	Shale,Sandstone,Limestone
Associated rock:	Monzonite Porphyry
Associated type:	Monzonite,Felsic Volcanic Rock,Plutonic Rock
Structure:	San Juan Uplift (San Juan Mountains), La Plata Mountains Dome, 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
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains), Colorado Plateau
Alteration processes:	Hydrothermal Alteration, Bleaching

References

MRDS	D009283
MAS	80837005
DEP	10013144
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.}{Production:: ECKEL, E.B., 1949, USGS PP-219.}
Reporter	Wilson, Anna B., Collins, Donna B.