Colorado · Larimer County
Past Producer
Silica Beryl Mine
Larimer County, Colorado, United States
Mica
Beryllium
Uranium
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Commodities
Primary
Mica, Beryllium
Tertiary
Uranium
Commodity type
B
Deposit
Deposit size
S
Materials
Ore minerals
Beryl, Muscovite
Geology
Host rock
Mica Schist · Metasedimentary Rocks-Mica Schist;Pegmatite
Associated rock
Tonalite,Pegmatite · Pegmatite;Tonalite (Quartz Diorite)
Structure
Front Range Uplift, Thompson Canyon Fault, Mt Olympus Batholith, Ne-Trending Folds
Tectonic setting
Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
First production
1960
Last production
1962
Identification
Deposit ID
10013822
MRDS ID
D010338
Alternate names
Thodab No. 1, Claims: Silica Beryl, Lodge Pole
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
40.54859, -105.40726
References
THURSTON, W.R., 1955, PEGMATITES OF THE CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, LARIMER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1011, 185 P., 13 PLS.COLORADO DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS.