Colorado · Park County
Past Producer

Badger Flats Area

Park County, Colorado, United States
BerylliumMolybdenumGoldTungstenZincLeadCopperUraniumArsenicIronTin
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Commodities
PrimaryBeryllium
SecondaryMolybdenum, Gold, Tungsten
TertiaryZinc, Lead, Copper, Uranium, Arsenic, Iron, Tin
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formCUPOLAS, PODS, IRREGULAR LENSES
Ore controlGreisenized Rocks; Localized By Fissures, Contacts, Favorable Rock Units
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;Silver Plume Granite
StructureTarryall Mountains, Front Range, Puma Hills, Badger Flats, Badger Flats Fault, Minor Faults, Round Mountain Syncline
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera, (Southern Rocky Mountains)
AlterationGreisenization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1956
Discovery year1895
Identification
Deposit ID10087837
MRDS IDD010267
Alternate namesBoomer Mine, Mary Lee Mine, Redskin Mine, China Wall Cupola
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.07639, -105.44891
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.SHARP, W.N. AND HAWLEY, C.C., 1960, BERTRANDITE-BEARING GREISEN, A NEW BERYLLIUM ORE, IN THE LAKE GEORGE DISTRICT, COLORADO, IN, SHORT PAPERS IN THE GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 400-B, P. B73-B74.HAWLEY, C.C., SHARP, W.N., GRIFFITTS, W.R., 1960, PRE-MINERALIZATION FAULTING IN THE LAKE GEORGE AREA, PARK COUNTY, COLORADO, IN SHORT PAPERS IN THE GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 400-B, P. B71-B73.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 P.NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 364-370