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Chaney-Sims Beryl Prospects

Occurrence in Larimer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Beryllium, Mica, Feldspar
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  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 10013865
MRDS ID D010397
Record type Site
Current site name Chaney-Sims Beryl Prospects
Related records 10118210

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.62949, 40.69359 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 22.5 MILES N 19 W 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

Kinikinik(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Collins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cache La Poudre(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 008N 074W 01 NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH OF CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER ON NORTH VALLEY WALL OF SHEEP CREEK NEAR RUGH RANCH. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR RUGH RANCH (NE SEC. 01). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary
Mica Primary
Feldspar Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Muscovite Ore
Plagioclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite;Sherman Granite
    Rock description Pegmatite;Sherman Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Metamorphic Rocks--Felsic And Hornblendic Gneisses;Pegmatite
    Rock description Metamorphic Rocks--Felsic And Hornblendic Gneisses;Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.62949, 40.69359
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Poudre River Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Length 45.72M
    Width 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1935
Discoverer Alfred Daykin And Oscar J. Baer (Claimants)

Mining district

District name Mayesville District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL DISCOVERY SHAFT OF UNKNOWN DEPTH

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNZONED PEGMATITE TRENDS N 5 E, VERTICAL, AND LIES PARALLEL TO FOLIATION. TWO SMALL 3-TO 5-FT-WIDE BRANCHES SEPARATED FROM MAIN BODY BY 5 TO 6 FT OF GNEISS. BERYL CONCENTRATED NEAR PATCHES OF MASSIVE QUARTZ.

Reporter information

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

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