| Deposit ID | 10101842 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010229 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Santa Fe Mountain Beryl Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.47337, 39.70971 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 3182 |
| Relative position | 12.5 MILES S 74 W FROM GOLDEN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Clear Creek(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Saddleback Mountain(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)
Federal lands
Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Clear Creek |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 004S | 072W | 08 | SW | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Beryllium Critical | Primary |
| Feldspar | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Beryl | Ore |
| Microcline | Ore |
| Albite | Gangue |
| Biotite | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Pegmatite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Pegmatite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| Rock unit name | Idaho Springs Formation---Feldspar-Rich Gneiss |
| Rock description | Idaho Springs Formation---Feldspar-Rich Gneiss |
| (1) | -105.47337, 39.70971 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Front Range Uplift, Denver Basin |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Floyd Hill Fault Zone |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 6.1M |
| Length | 30.48M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1943 |
| Year of first production | 1943 |
| Year of last production | 1943 |
| District name | Clear Creek Pegmatite Province |
|---|
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Frank W. Whitenack |
| Home office | Georgetown, Co. |
| First year | 1943 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010229 |
SHERIDAN, D.M., AND MARSH, S.P., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SQUAW PASS QUADRANGLE, CLEAR CREEK, JEFFERSON, AND GILPIN COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1337
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | IRREGULAR PEGMATITE TRENDS N 80 W, DIPS VERTICAL, AND CUTS ACROSS FOLIATION OF COUNTRY ROCK GNEISS, ALTHO ROSE QUARTZ CONCENTRATED IN CENTER OF DIKE, NO OTHER ZONES OBSERVED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1983 | Schwochow, Stephen D. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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