Colorado · Park County
Occurrence
Tennessee Mine
Park County, Colorado, United States
Beryllium Molybdenum Tungsten Uranium Lead Zinc Arsenic Iron Copper Tin
Land & claims · BLM · live
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Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.
Commodities
PrimaryBeryllium
SecondaryMolybdenum, Tungsten, Uranium
TertiaryLead, Zinc, Arsenic, Iron, Copper, Tin
Commodity typeMetallic
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
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 rockAmphibolite,Granite
Associated rockGranite · Redskin Granite;Amphibolite
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 statusOccurrence
Discovery year1955
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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.
Identification
Deposit ID10087842
MRDS IDD010285
Alternate namesTennessee No. 2
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.0775, -105.43391
Base: USGS MRDS (public domain, frozen 2011). Community notes © their authors, CC-BY. Land data live from BLM.