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Beryl #1

Occurrence in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodities Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017464
MRDS ID DC03579
Record type Site
Current site name Beryl #1
Alternate or previous names Beryl No 1 Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.37499, 40.08029 (WGS84)
Relative position C S 1/2

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boulder(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Estes Park(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Vrain(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Boulder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 01N 71W 05 Colorado

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Tantalite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 32
USGS model code 13
Deposit model name Pegmatites

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.37499, 40.08029
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PEGMATITES DISCORDANT TO ENCLOSING AUGEN GNEISS. STRIKE N 70 W, DIP 40 NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Hill

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS-MR-36, 1963

  • Deposit

    USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILE; REPORTS OF ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF AND PRODUCTION OF CERTAIN MINERAL OCCUR.

  • Deposit

    ARGALL, 1949, COLO SCH. MINES QUART., V. 44, NO. 2, PG. 52

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,62

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

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

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