Colorado · Chaffee County
Producer

Blue Brute

Chaffee County, Colorado, United States
BerylliumMica
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Commodities
PrimaryBeryllium
SecondaryMica
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Ore mineralsBeryl
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Migmatitic Gneiss
StructureArkansas Valley Graben, Southern Mosquito Range, E-W-Trending En Echelon Faults
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10087833
MRDS IDD010258
Alternate namesSevilla Queen, Savilla Queen No. 2
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.62139, -105.96559
References
MEEVES, H.C., HARRER, C.M., SALSBURY, M.H., KONSELMAN, A.S., SHANNON, S.S., JR., 1966, RECONNAISSANCE OF BERYLLIUM-BEARING PEGMATITE DEPOSITS IN SIX WESTERN STATES; ARIZONA, COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, SOUTH DAKOTA, UTAH, AND WYOMING: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8298, P. 23.BOARDMAN, S.J., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE PRECAMBRIAN METAMORPHIC ROCKS OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: THE MOUNTAIN GEOLOGIST, V. 13, NO. 3, P. 89-100.BOARDMAN, S.J., 1971, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: PH.D. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, 131 P.SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1DEGX2DEG QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,0005) BHUTTA, M. A., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE AND FREMONT COUNTIES, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES PHD THESIS, 173 P.MEEVES, H.C. (1966)