Commodities
PrimaryBeryllium
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsBeryl
GangueTourmaline
Geology
Host rockGneiss · 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 statusPast Producer
First production1961
Last production1961
Identification
Deposit ID10013821
MRDS IDD010337
Alternate namesReta Mine, Clipper Group
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.54276, -105.45115
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. 31.COLORADO DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS.COLORADO DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPT.