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Mt. Olympus Mine

Past Producer in Larimer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Beryllium, Mica, Feldspar
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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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087864
MRDS ID D010405
Record type Site
Current site name Mt. Olympus Mine
Alternate or previous names Mt. Olympus No. 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.25698, 40.69054 (WGS84)
Elevation 1682
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 12 MILES N 52 W FROM FORT COLLINS

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 070W 05 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR CENTER SEC. 05. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary
Mica Primary
Feldspar Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Microcline Unknown
Muscovite Unknown

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;Boulder Creek Granodiorite
    Rock description Pegmatite;Boulder Creek Granodiorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Metamorphic Rocks--Biotite Gneiss, Schist, And Migmatite;Pegmatite
    Rock description Metamorphic Rocks--Biotite Gneiss, Schist, And Migmatite;Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.25698, 40.69054
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Poudre River Shear Zone, Skin Gulch Shear Zone, Mt Olympus Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1958
Year of last production 1960

Mining district

District name Poudre Park Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lucky Oscar Mica Co.
    Home office Loveland, Co.
    First year 1960
  • Type Owner
    Owner Meyers, And Thayer
    Home office Loveland, Co.
    First year 1960

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT

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

    USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILE (FROM ORIGINAL CRIB RECORD)

  • Production

    USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILE FROM ORIGINAL CRIB RECORD (1958); COLORADO DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPT. (1960)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISCORDANT PEGMATITE IN GRANITIC GNEISS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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