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Langston Mine

Past Producer in Larimer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Mica, 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013858
MRDS ID D010388
Record type Site
Current site name Langston Mine
Related records 10118196

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.30781, 40.68692 (WGS84)
Elevation 1730
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 23.5 MILES N 26 E FROM ESTES PARK, Within 5-Mile Radius (South Half-Circle)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Larimer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poudre Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Collins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cache La Poudre(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 008N;008N 070W;071W Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • CDM REPORT CITES LOCATION AS ON HWY 14, POUDRE CANYON, 0.5 MILE SOUTH OF COLUMBINE, BUT THIS TOWN(?) IS NOT SHOWN ON MAPS BY THIS NAME. SITE COULD BE ON NE SIDE OF DISTRICT NEAR TOWN OF POUDRE PARK. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR POUDRE PARK (SE SEC. 02, T 8 N, R 71 W). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Muscovite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    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--Biotite Gneiss, Schist, And Migmatite;Pegmatite
    Rock description Metasedimentary Rocks--Biotite Gneiss, Schist, And Migmatite;Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.30781, 40.68692
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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 Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1960
Year of last production 1963

Mining district

District name Crystal Mountain (Storm Mountain) Pegmatite District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Jolex Mica Co.
    Home office Fort Collins, Co.
    First year 1963
  • Type Owner
    Owner Archie Langston
    Home office Bellevue
    First year 1963

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 22.86M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT 40 FT HIGH

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 ANN. OPERATOR REPTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-83 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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