Commodities
PrimaryBeryllium
TertiaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Geology
Host rockMica Schist · Metasedimentary Rocks-Mica Schist;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
Last production1958
Identification
Deposit ID10087856
MRDS IDD010327
Alternate namesHilltop Group
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.50637, -105.34392
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-BERING PEGMATITE DEPOSITS IN SIX WESTERN STATES: USBM IC-8298, P. 30.COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.