| Deposit ID | 10013823 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010340 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Wisdom Ranch Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.36503, 40.59776 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2310 |
| Relative position | 16.7 MILES N 26 E FROM ESTES PARK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Larimer(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Buckhorn 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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Larimer |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 007N | 071W | 05 | SE OF SE | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Beryllium Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Beryl | Ore |
| Chrysoberyl | Ore |
| Albite | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Microcline | Gangue |
| Sillimanite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite |
| Rock unit name | Pegmatite;Diabase |
| Rock description | Pegmatite;Diabase |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
| Rock unit name | Metamorphic Rocks--Biotite Gneiss, Schist, And Migmatite;Pegmatite |
| Rock description | Metamorphic Rocks--Biotite Gneiss, Schist, And Migmatite;Pegmatite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| (1) | -105.36503, 40.59776 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Front Range Uplift |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Thompson Canyon Fault, Mt Olympus Batholith, Ne-Trending Folds |
| Length | 1609.3M |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1941 |
| Discoverer | Leslie Barker |
| Year of first production | 1941 |
| District name | Crystal Mountain (Storm Mountain) Pegmatite District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | United Beryllium Ores And Metals Corp. |
| Home office | Denver, Co. |
| First year | 1942 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010340 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0080690140 |
THURSTON, W.R., 1955, PEGMATITES OF THE CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, LARIMER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1011, 185 P., 13 PLS.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ZONED PEGMATITE IS POORLY EXPOSED BUT CONSISTS MOSTLY OF MICROCLINE-QUARTZ-MUSCOVITE PEGMATITE WITH LARGE AMOUNTS OF PARTLY SERICITIZED SILLIMANITE, ALTERED MAGNETITE, AND HEMATITE NEAR SCHIST INCLUSIONS AND CONTACTS. THIS GRADES INTO ZONE OF ALBITE-QUARTZ-MUSCOVITE PEGMATITE WITH BERYL, CHRYSOBERYL, AND ALTERED GARNET; THEN ZONE OF GIANT MICROCLINE FOLLOWED BY MASSIVE MILKY AND ROSE QUARTZ. PEGMATITE CUT BY TWO NW-TRENDING DIABASE DIKES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1983 | Schwochow, Stephen D. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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