The Silica Beryl Mine is a mica and beryllium mine located in Larimer county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,442 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,442 Feet (2,573 Meters)
Commodity: Mica, Beryllium
Lat, Long: 40.54861, -105.40667
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Silica Beryl Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silica Beryl Mine
Secondary: Claims: Silica Beryl
Secondary: Lodge Pole
Secondary: Thodab No. 1
Commodity
Primary: Mica
Primary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Larimer
District: Crystal Mountain (Storm Mountain) Pegmatite District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: George Young And Russell A. Johnson
Home Office: Denver, Co.
Years: 1962 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1960
Year Last Production: 1962
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Front Range Uplift
Type: L
Description: Thompson Canyon Fault, Mt Olympus Batholith, Ne-Trending Folds
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Tonalite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Tonalite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Beryl
Ore: Muscovite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON DIVIDE AREA BETWEEN SHEEP CREEK AND LAKEY GULCH, ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR QUARTER-QUARTER CORNER IN NE SEC. 25 NORTH OF LODGE POLE MINE, 1.45 MILES NE OF CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)
Comment (Production): SEE LODGE POLE MINE RECORD FOR COMBINED PRODUCTION OF MICA AND BERYL FROM LODGE POLE AND SILICA BERYL MINES.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT
References
Reference (Deposit): THURSTON, W.R., 1955, PEGMATITES OF THE CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, LARIMER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1011, 185 P., 13 PLS.
Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS.
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