Commodities
PrimaryBeryllium
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsBeryl
GangueGarnet, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockMica Schist,Gneiss · Metamorphic Rocks-Biotite Gneiss, Schist, And Migmatite;Pegmatite
Associated rockTonalite,Pegmatite · Pegmatite;Tonalite (Quartz Diorite)
StructureFront Range Uplift, Thompson Canyon Fault Mt Olympus Batholith, Ne-Trending Folds
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10013817
MRDS IDD010328
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.55054, -105.48838
References
THURSTON, W.R., 1955, PEGMATITES OF THE CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, LARIMER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1011, 185 P., 13 PLS.MEEVES, H.C., AND OTHERS, 1966, RECONNAISSANCE OF BERYLLIUM-BEARING PEGMATITE DEPOSITS IN SIX WESTERN STATES: USBM IC-8298, P. 30.