Beryl Gem Claims

Occurrence in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodities Beryllium, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium)
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017379
MRDS ID DC03373
Record type Site
Current site name Beryl Gem Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -106.34367, 38.67316 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saint Elmo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(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)

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 Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 51N 06E;07E 18;19 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary
Tantalum Critical Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Microlite Ore
Phenacite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -106.34367, 38.67316

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE GRANITE CONTAINS NUMEROUS SMALL, CLOSELY ASSOCIATED BERYLLIUM-RICH PEGMATITES & VEINS CONTAINING BERYL, PHENACITE, BERTRANDITE, MOLYBDENITE, FLUORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mt Antero

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILE

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-73 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.