Hyatt Ranch Mine

Producer in Larimer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Feldspar, Beryllium, Mica, Uranium, Lithium, Bismuth, Phosphorus-Phosphates
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013857
MRDS ID D010387
Record type Site
Current site name Hyatt Ranch Mine
Related records 10239743

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.35337, 40.4597 (WGS84)
Elevation 2481
Relative position 9.7 MILES N 53 E FROM ESTES PARK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Larimer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Drake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Estes Park(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Thompson(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Larimer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 006N 071W 28 E2 OF NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR HEAD OF BOBCAT GULCH 2.1 MILES NW OF DRAKE, 6.7 MILES SE OF CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary
Mica Primary
Uranium Tertiary
Lithium Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Muscovite Ore
Albite Gangue
Apatite Gangue
Bertrandite Gangue
Bismuthinite Gangue
Cleavelandite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Purpurite Gangue
Torbernite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Triphylite Gangue
Uraninite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe Oxidation; Alteration Of Bi And U Minerals

Analytical data

Result THURSTON'S (1955) WALL ZONE SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.078% BEO. INNER INTERMEDIATE ZONE PRODUCTION INDICATED BERYL CONTENT OF 2.3% HAND SORTABLE. RARE MINERALS ESTIMATED AT 0.00X TO 0.0X% PHOSPHATES (OTHER THAN APATITE), 0.008% BI COMPOUNDS, AND 0.000X% U MINERALS. USBM TOOK TWO 7-TON SAMPLES FROM ADIT THAT CONTAINED 0.065% BEO (INNER INTERMEDIATE ZONE) AND 0.022% BEO (WALL ZONE).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite;Tonalite (Quartz Diorite)
    Rock description Pegmatite;Tonalite (Quartz Diorite)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Metasedimentary Rocks--Quartz-Mica Schist;Pegmatite
    Rock description Metasedimentary Rocks--Quartz-Mica Schist;Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.35337, 40.4597

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Thompson Canyon Fault, Mt Olympus Batholith, Ne-Trending Folds

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Length 111.25M
    Width 21.34M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1936
Discoverer Roy Hyatt
Year of first production 1936
Year of last production 1948

Mining district

District name Crystal Mountain (Storm Mountain) Pegmatite District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Beryl Ores Co.
    First year 1948
  • Type Owner
    Owner Fred H. Hyatt
    First year 1948

Production statistics

  • Year 1948
    Period 1936-1948
    Description Cp_Grade: ^11.04% Beo
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Beryllium Beryllium 11wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGE OPEN CUT (118 X 47 FT, 35 FT DEEP); SECOND CUT (65 X 45 FT, 25 FT DEEP); USBM EXPLORATORY ADIT DRIVEN N 65 W FOR 272 FT WITH SHORT DRIFT.

Comments on development

  • DEPOSIT DISCOVERED BY ROY HYATT IN 1936, WHO SHIPPED BERYL. NEXT LOCATED BY FRED HYATT WHO LEASED PROPERTY TO UNITED BERYLLIUM ORES AND METALS CORP. IN 1942, WHO OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY THROUGH 1943 UNDER ARRANGEMENT WITH RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORP. MINE IDLE UNTIL 1948, WHEN HYATT LEASED TO BERYL ORES CO. IN SEARCH FOR STRATEGIC BE, USGS DRILLED 6 CORE HOLES IN 1948 IN COOPERATION WITH AEC. USBM DRILLED 4 HOLES IN 1950 AND DROVE 272-FT EXPLORATORY ADIT, OPERATED A CONCENTRATING PLANT, AND DID METALLURGICAL TESTING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZONED PEGMATITE TRENDS N 60 E, 30 TO 45 NW AND CONSISTS OF 1) CONTINUOUS WALL ZONE OF FINE-GRAINED PLAGIOCLASE-PERTHITE-QUARTZ PEGMATITE, WITH UPPER ZONE 1 TO 60 FT THICK, AVERAGING 25 FT, CONTAINING ACCESSORY MUSCOVITE, TOURMALINE, AND IRREGULARLY DISSEMINATED BERYL, AND LOWER ZONE UP TO 40 FT THICK AND COMPOSED OF PLAGIOCLASE AND QUARTZ WITH ACCESSORY PERTHITE, BERYL, AND MUSCOVITE; 2) OUTER INTERMEDIATE ZONE EXTENDING 130 FT ALONG HANGING WALL SIDE, UP TO 7 FT THICK, AND COMPOSED OF COARSE-GRAINED PERTHITE-QUARTZ PEGMATITE; 3) INNER INTERMEDIATE ZONE, CONTINUOUS, PINCH AND SWELLS FROM 2 TO 8 FT THICK, COMPOSED OF COARSE-GRAINED PLAGIOCLASE-QUARTZ-MUSCOVITE PEGMATITE CONTAINING FINE-TO VERY COARSE-GRAINED MUSCOVITE IN MINABLE STREAKS FROM 1 INCH TO 5 FT WIDE AND 1 TO 30 FT LONG (7%) AND 3% ACCESSORY MINERALS AND EUHEDRAL TO ANHEDRAL BERYL CRYSTALS UP TO 5 FT; 4) CORE OF VERY COARSE-GRAINED PERTHITE PEGMATITE WITH MINOR QUARTZ, PLAGIOCLASE, MUSCOVITE, TOURMALINE, AND GARNET, BERYL ON
Deposit COR MARGINS, UP TO 240 FT LONG AND 25 FT WIDE, MIAROLITIC CAVITY CONTAINED BERTRANDITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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