Mine detail: May Queen Mine

Previously called 'Patented Claims: May Queen, MS 13121El Paso, MS 13121'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.32917, -107.15563

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Copper
Secondary:	Thorium
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Thorite
Gangue:	Barite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Dubois Greenstone--Metavolcanic Hornblende Schist And Amphibolite;Dubois Greenstone--Interlayered Felsic Volcanics And Metasedimentary Rocks
Host type:	Schist,Amphibolite,Felsic Volcanic Rock
Associated rock:	Leucogranite And Quartz Monzonite;Granite And Quartz Syenite Of Carpenter Gulch
Associated type:	Quartz Syenite,Quartz Monzonite,Granite
Structure:	Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Cimarron Fault, Tolvar Peak Stock
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D011174
DEP	10094678
Reference	{Deposit:: OLSON, J.C., AND HEDLUND, D.C., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GATEVIEW QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1071.}{Deposit:: SHERIDAN, D.M., AND OTHERS, 1981, PRECAMBRIAN SULFIDE DEPOSITS IN THWESTERNGUNNISON REGION, COLORADO, IN EPIS, R.C., AND CALLENDER, J.F., EDS., WESTERN SLOPE COLORADO: NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. 32D FIELD CONF. GUIDEBOOK, P. 273-277.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 13121}{Deposit:: ANCTIL, R.J., 1954, AEC PRELIM. RECON. REPT. DEB-PRR-C-1632}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.