The Redskin Mine is a beryllium mine located in Park county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,550 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,550 Feet (2,606 Meters)
Commodity: Beryllium
Lat, Long: 39.09917, -105.41778
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Redskin Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Redskin Mine
Secondary: Redskin Claim
Secondary: Claims: Papoose, Squaw
Commodity
Primary: Beryllium
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Uranium
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: U.S. Beryllium Corp. ; Claimants: Carey M. Hunt, Joseph B. Johnson
Years: 1963 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1919
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
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; Ne-Trending Shears
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Greisenization
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLES FROM THE MINE RANGED TO 10% MOS2 (1919) BUT AVERAGED ABOUT 3% MOS2
Analytical Data: MASSES OF GALENA CONTAIN 0.3-0.7 % AG, 0.3-1.5 % BI, 0.007-0.7 % CU
Analytical Data: SAMPLES TAKEN IN 1959-1969 SHOWED 1.5-150 PPM AG, 15-70000 PPM BE, 15-700 PPM CU, 7-15000 PPM MO, 150-70000 PPM PB, 70-300 PPM SN, 0-150 PPM W, 70-150 PPM ZN
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Cassiterite
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Euclase
Ore: Bertrandite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Beryl
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Topaz
Comments
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT, STOPES, OPEN CUTS, PROSPECTS
Comment (Commodity): NONPEGMATITIC BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS; BERYL OCCURS AS HEXAGONAL CRYSTALS AND MASSIVE POIKILOBLASTIC GRAINS.
Comment (Location): REDSKIN GULCH AREA; ON EAST SIDE OF REDSKIN GULCH ABOUT 3000 FT FROM ITS MOUTH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Development): MINE WAS DEVELOPED FOR MOLYBDEMUM PRE-1919; URANINITE DISCOVERED 1954; BERYLLIUM DISCOVERED 1959; PATENTED 1901
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. THE REDSKIN DEPOSIT ORE HERE OCCURS AS SMALL PODS LOCALIZED BY STEEPLY DIPPING FRACTURES WITHIN PORTION OF THE PIPE PLUNGING N 60 E. TWO OTHER PIPES CLUSTERED NEARBY TO FORM MINE AREA
References
Reference (Deposit): WORCESTER, P.G., 1919, MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS OF COLORADO: CGS BULLETIN 14, P. 73-74.
Reference (Deposit): 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
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 369.
Reference (Production): HAWLEY, C.C., 1969
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): 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.
Reference (Deposit): SIEMS, P.L., 1963, BERYLLIUM: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN, V. 6, NO. 3, 15 P.
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