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Princess Louise Shaft, Aspen Mining District (Roaring Fork Mining District), Pitkin County, Colorado, USAi
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Princess Louise ShaftGroup of Shafts
Aspen Mining District (Roaring Fork Mining District)Mining District
Pitkin CountyCounty
ColoradoState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
39° 10' 27'' North , 106° 49' 10'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
39.17417,-106.81944
GRN:
N27W59
Type:
Group of Shafts
Köppen climate type:
Dfc : Subarctic climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Aspen6,882 (2017)1.9km
Snowmass Village2,916 (2017)11.1km
Woody Creek263 (2011)12.1km
Basalt3,891 (2017)28.4km
Mount Crested Butte801 (2012)32.3km
Mindat Locality ID:
118117
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:118117:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0


REF:Deposit:: SPURR, J. E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31, P. 160
Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE, 1971, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-933.
Commodities (Major) - Zinc, Lead, Silver
Development Status: Past Producer
Host Rock Unit: Maroon Formation, Aplite Porphyry
Structure: Sawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Piceance Basin, White River Uplift, Elk Uplift, Aspen Mountain Syncline, Justice Fault, Copper Fault
Host Rock: Quartzite
Tectonic Structure: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns); Colorado Platform

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