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Beryllium Lode Prospect

Occurrence in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodities Mica, Feldspar, Beryllium
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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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013525
MRDS ID D009875
Record type Site
Current site name Beryllium Lode Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.4978, 38.72444 (WGS84)
Elevation 2804
Relative position 2.3 MILES S 55 E OF GUFFEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cover Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 015S 072W 30 NE OF NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • WEST SIDE OF MAC GULCH, BETWEEN 2 BRANCHES OF TRIBUTARY TO MAC GULCH, AND ON MODERATELY STEEP RIDGE; 2000 FT WEST OF COUNTY ROAD; REACHABLE BY TRAIL ONLY ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Feldspar Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BERLY CRYSTALS TO 5 FT LONG X 8 IN DIAMETER

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Microcline Ore
Muscovite Ore
Garnet Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Quartz Diorite Of Boulder Creek Age
    Rock description Quartz Diorite Of Boulder Creek Age
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.4978, 38.72444
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Southern Front Range, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field
Type of structure Local
Structure description Currant Creek Fault Zone To South

Ore body information

  • Strike N 65 W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Length 60.96M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1936
Discoverer J. E. Meyers
Year of first production 1950

Mining district

District name Micanite District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Area 0.033HA
    Length 22.86M
    Overall depth 1.52M
    Overall length 22.86M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZONED; QUARTZ-MICROCLINE CORE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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