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Rattlesnake Park Mine

Producer in Larimer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Beryllium, Lithium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013871
MRDS ID D010406
Record type Site
Current site name Rattlesnake Park Mine
Related records 10215312

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.29837, 40.35637 (WGS84)
Elevation 2128
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 10.9 MILES S 84 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

Pinewood Lake(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Larimer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 005N 071W 36 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON WEST SIDE OF RATTLESNAKE PARK 0.5 MILE SW OF PINEWOOD LAKE. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR CENTER SEC. 36. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary
Lithium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Amblygonite Ore
Beryl Ore
Tourmaline Gangue

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 Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Metasedimentary Rocks--Quartzofeldspathic Schist And Gneiss;Pegmatite
    Rock description Metasedimentary Rocks--Quartzofeldspathic Schist And Gneiss;Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.29837, 40.35637
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne-Trending Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rattlesnake Park Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THURSTON, W.R., 1955, PEGMATITES OF THE CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, LARIMER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1011, 185 P., 13 PLS.

  • Deposit

    MEEVES, H.C., AND OTHERS, 1966, RECONNAISSANCE OF BERYLLIUM-BEARING PEGMATITE DEPOSITS IN SIX WESTERN STATES: USBM IC-8298, P. 30.

  • Deposit

    COLTON, R.B., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BOULDER-FORT COLLINS-GREELEY AREA, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-855-G.

  • Deposit

    USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILE (FROM ORIGINAL CRIB RECORD)

  • Production

    USBM MINERAL EXAM FILE (FROM ORIGINAL CRIB RECORD)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PEGMATITES TREND N 80 TO 90 E, VERTICAL

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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