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Jay Dee Dee Claims

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013818
MRDS ID D010330
Record type Site
Current site name Jay Dee Dee Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.42642, 40.53248 (WGS84)
Elevation 2774
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 12.2 MILES N 20 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 25,26,35 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG UPPER SHEEP CREEK ONE MILE EAST TO SOUTH OF CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR POSSIBLE EXCAVATION IN NE NE SEC. 35 (DETERMINED FROM AIRPHOTO EXAMINATION). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore

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 > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Metasedimentary Rocks-Mica Schist;Pegmatite
    Rock description Metasedimentary Rocks-Mica Schist;Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.42642, 40.53248
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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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1960

Mining district

District name Crystal Mountain (Storm Mountain) Pegmatite District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner National Beryl And Mining Co.
    Home office Estes Park, Co.
    First year 1960

Comments on the workings information

  • 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

    COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.

Reporter information

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

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