Commodities
PrimaryBeryllium
SecondaryMolybdenum, Uranium
TertiaryLead, Arsenic, Tungsten, Zinc, Iron, Copper, Tin
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formCUPOLAS, PODS, IRREGULAR LENSES
Ore controlGreisenized Rocks; Localized By Fissures, Contacts, Favorable Rock Units; Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsBertrandite, Beryl, Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Euclase, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Uraninite, Wolframite
GangueFluorite, Muscovite, Quartz, Siderite, Topaz
Geology
Host rockGranite
Associated rockGranite · Redskin Granite
StructureTarryall Mountains, Front Range, Puma Hills, Badger Flats, Badger Flats Fault, Minor Faults, Round Mountain Syncline; Ne-Trending Shears
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
AlterationGreisenization
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1919
Identification
Deposit ID10013793
MRDS IDD010283
Alternate namesRedskin Claim, Claims: Papoose, Squaw
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.09917, -105.41836
References
HAWLEY, C.C., 1969, GEOLOGY AND BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS OF THE LAKE GEORGE (OR BADGER FLATS) BERYLLIUM AREA, PARK AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 608-A, 44 P.MEEVES, H.C., 1966, NONPEGMATITIC BERYLLIUM OCCURRENCES IN ARIZONA, COLORADO, NEW MEXICO,UTAH, AND FOUR ADJACENT STATES: USBM REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6828, P. 25-34.HAWLEY, C.C. AND GRIFFITTS, W.R., 1968, DISTRIBUTION OF BERYLLIUM TIN, AND TUNGSTEN IN THE LAKE GEORGE AREA, COLORADO: USGS CIRCULAR 597, 18 P.HAWLEY, C.C. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1977, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE PRECAMBRIAN CRYSTALLINE ROCKS, PARK AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 608-B, 77 P.SIEMS, P.L., 1963, BERYLLIUM: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN, V. 6, NO. 3, 15 P.WORCESTER, P.G., 1919, MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS OF COLORADO: CGS BULLETIN 14, P. 73-74.GALLAGHER, G.L., 1976, URANIUM FAVORABILITY OF PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS IN THE BADGER FLATS-ELKHORN THRUST AREA, PARK AND TELLER COUNTIES, COLORADO: US ERDA REPORT GJBX-55(76), 30 PNELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 369.