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Kings Canyon Mine

Occurrence 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. 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 10087858
MRDS ID D010331
Record type Site
Current site name Kings Canyon Mine
Related records 10166401

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.46226, 40.55637 (WGS84)
Elevation 2637
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 12.5 MILES N 10 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

Crystal Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Collins(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 007N 072W 21 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • PROBABLY ALONG UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF CASCADE CREEK 2 MILES NW OF CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR PROBABLE EXCAVATION IN NE SE SEC. 21 (DETERMINED FROM AIRPHOTO EXAMINATION). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary
Lithium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Amblygonite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Lepidolite 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 Metamorphic Rocks-Biotite Gneiss, Schist, Migmatite;Pegmatite
    Rock description Metamorphic Rocks-Biotite Gneiss, Schist, Migmatite;Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.46226, 40.55637
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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

  • Length 152.4M
    Width 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Crystal Mountain (Storm Mountain) Pegmatite District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PEGMATITE TRENDS N 10 E, 75 TO 90 NW

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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Authoritative Colorado resources

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