Roscoe Beryl Prospect

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Colorado, United States with commodities Feldspar, Mica, Beryllium, REE, Quartz
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013729
MRDS ID D010186
MAS/MILS ID 0080590212
Record type Site
Current site name Roscoe Beryl Prospect
Alternate or previous names Roscoe Beryl, Roscoe Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.35808, 39.73721 (WGS84)
Elevation 2057
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 6 MILES S 75 W FROM GOLDEN, Within 100 m radius

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Evergreen(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clear(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 004S 071W 05 NW of NE Colorado
6th Principal 003S 071W 33 SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG U.S. 6 ON NORTH SIDE OF CLEAR CREEK CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975). Body on I-786-A matches this location.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Mica Primary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary
Quartz Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GADOLINITE AND MONAZITE ARE REPORTED, BUT WERE NOT FOUND BY HANLEY AND OTHERS (1950)

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Gadolinite Ore
Monazite Ore
Muscovite Ore
Xenotime Ore
Biotite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite
    Rock description Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Idaho Springs Formation---Interlayered Feldspar-Rich Gneiss, Hornblende Gneiss And Amphibolite, And Biotite Gneiss
    Rock description Idaho Springs Formation---Interlayered Feldspar-Rich Gneiss, Hornblende Gneiss And Amphibolite, And Biotite Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.35808, 39.73721

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Denver Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Blackhawk Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clear Creek Pegmatite Province

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PEGMATITE STRIKES N 83 E, DIPS 75 SE AND CROSSES GENERALLY WNW-TRENDING COUNTRY ROCK FOLIATION
Deposit A.B. Wilson combined info from records 10142525 and 10215355 and deleted those two records.
Deposit Information added to this record from former record 10142525 includes: adding Quartz as a commodity, noting that the latitude/longitude location is supposedly within 10 m of the main pit at 39-44-15-N, -105-21-27-W, PLSS is 3S, 71W, 33, SW, Land status is Federal, Ore body type is pegmatite and primary mode of origin is magmatic differentialtion.
Deposit Record 10215355 was a very poor and incomplete record with no references cited.
Deposit Deleted record 10142525 listed old MRDS record D010205 as a predecessor. This record was not found.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-83 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey
Editor 18-JUL-08 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-DEC-91 Martin U.S. Bureau of Mines
Reporter 13-FEB-78 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.