Commodities
PrimaryBeryllium
TertiaryLithium
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsBeryl
GangueAmblygonite, Fluorite, Lepidolite
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Metamorphic Rocks-Biotite Gneiss, Schist, Migmatite;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 statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10087858
MRDS IDD010331
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.55637, -105.46226
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-BEARING PEGMATITE DEPOSITS IN SIX WESTERN STATES: USBM IC-8298, P. 30.