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Mary Lee Prospect

Prospect in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodities Beryllium, Lead, Silver, Tin, Tungsten
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10142901
MRDS ID D010281
MAS/MILS ID 0080930003
Record type Site
Current site name Mary Lee Prospect
Related records 10013792

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -105.42868, 39.0756 (WGS84)
Elevation 2590
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tarryall(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bailey(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Platte Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel 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 Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 011 S 072 W 22 N2S2 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Unknown
Cassiterite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Topaz Unknown
Wolframite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -105.42868, 39.0756
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 80W
    Thickness 1M
    Length 100M
    Width 0.3M
    Area 2HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Type of Orebody #3 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Strike And Dip N30E:80W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2
    Date of Last Modification 820406

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955

Mining district

District name Lake George District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IS ONGOING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY C.C., 1968, GEOLOGY AND BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS OF THE LAK

  • Deposit

    GEORGE (OR BADGER FLATS) BERYLLIUM AREA, PARK AND JEFFERSO

  • Deposit

    COUNTIES, COLO: U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 608-A, 44 PP.

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY,C.C.,ET.AL., 1960, PREMINERALIZATION FAULTING IN THE

  • Deposit

    GEORGE AREA, PARK COUNTY, COLORADO: U.S.GEOL.SURVEY PROF P

  • Deposit

    400-B, P. B73-74

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY,C.C., ET. AL., 1966, GEOLOGIC AND GEOCHEMICAL FEATURE

  • Deposit

    THE REDSKIN GRANITE AND ASSOCIATED ROCKS, LAKE GEORGE BERY

  • Deposit

    AREA, COLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 550-C, P. C1

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY,C.C., ET. AL., 1968, DISTRIBUTION OF BERYLLIUM, TIN,

  • Deposit

    TUNGSTEN IN LAKE GEORGE AREA, COLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    18 PP.

  • Deposit

    SHARP, W.N., AND HAWLEY, C.C., 1960, BERTRANDITE-BEARING GRE

  • Deposit

    NEW BERYLLIUM ORE, IN THE LAKE GEORGE DISTRICT, COLORADO:

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 400-B, P. B73-74

  • Deposit

    TWETO, OGDEN, 1960, SCHEELITE IN THE PRECAMBRIAN GNEISSES OF

  • Deposit

    ECON. GEOL., V. 55, NO.7, P 1406-1428.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REFER TO 010: BERYLLIUM IS PRINCIPAL MINERAL FOUND IN LAKE G DISTRICT REFER TO 040: US HIGHWAY IS APPROX. 3 MILES SOUTH OF MINERAL AREA REFER TO 050: MINING DISTRICT FIRST DISCOVERED IN 1890 FOR I GRADE GOLD, SILVER AND LEAD. SCHEELITE, AND BERYL DISCOVER BOOMER PROSPECT IN 1955. MINE PRODUCED 3000 TONS BERYL OR 1955-65. GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING (SOIL, STREAM, AND BEDROC SURFACE MAPPING INDICATES BERYLLIUM, TUNGSTEN, AND TIN ANO THROUGHOUT DISTRICT. REFER TO 070: CASSITERITE FOUND IN FISSURE VEIN ALONG WITH B AND ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA. VEIN LESS THAN 1 FT WIDE. TIN FO ONLY AS MINOR OCCURRENCE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Hite, Alan G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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