The Happy Thought Mine is a beryllium mine located in Park county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,481 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,481 Feet (2,585 Meters)
Commodity: Beryllium
Lat, Long: 39.07778, -105.43472
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Happy Thought Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Happy Thought Mine
Secondary: Fort De Vincennes
Commodity
Primary: Beryllium
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Uranium
Secondary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Tin
Location
State: Colorado
County: Park
District: Lake George (Badger Flats) Beryllium Area (Mountain Dale District)
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Etienne Ritter
Years: 1982 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1955
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: CUPOLAS, PODS, IRREGULAR LENSES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Tarryall Mountains, Front Range, Puma Hills, Badger Flats
Type: L
Description: Badger Flats Fault, Minor Faults, Round Mountain Syncline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Greisenization
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLES TAKEN 1959-1968 RANGED: 3-30 PPM AG, 2-70 PPM BE, 150-3000 PPM CU, 10-75 PPM MO, 200-5000 PPM PB, 30-300 PPM SN, 300 PPM W, 300-2000 PPM ZN
Analytical Data: FROM DUMP OF MINE: 0.007 % BE, 0.015 % CU, 0.03 % PB, 0.015 % SN
Analytical Data: MASSES OF GALENA CONTAIN 0.3-0.7 % AG, 0.3-1.5 % BI, 0.007-0.7 % CU
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Cassiterite
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Beryl
Ore: Bertrandite
Ore: Euclase
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Topaz
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): MARY LEE MINE AREA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Commodity): NONPEGMATITIC BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS; BERYL OCCURS AS HEXAGONAL CRYSTALS AND MASSIVE POIKILOBLASTIC GRAINS.
Comment (Development): PATENTED CLAIMS (1903)
Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS
Comment (Deposit): THE REDSKIN STOCK IS ZONED, WITH NEARLY ALL OF THE BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS OCCURRING IN THE GRANITE-APLITE OR PORPHYRITIC GRANITE FACIES OF THE GREISENIZED REDSKIN GRANITE. EVEN THOSE DEPOSITS NOT ACTUALLY IN THE REDSKIN GRANITE ARE SPATIALLY AND GENETICALLY RELATED TO IT.
References
Reference (Deposit): 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.
Reference (Deposit): SIEMS, P.L., 1963, BERYLLIUM: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN, V.6, NO. 3 15 P.
Reference (Deposit): WORCESTER, P.G., 1919, MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS OF COLORADO: CGS BULLETIN 14, P. 73-74.
Reference (Deposit): 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.
Reference (Deposit): 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.
Reference (Deposit): 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.
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