The Crystal Park Area is a gemstone and beryllium mine located in El Paso county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,399 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 8,399 Feet (2,560 Meters)
Commodity: Gemstone, Beryllium
Lat, Long: 38.83167, -104.93139
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Crystal Park Area MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Crystal Park Area
Commodity
Primary: Gemstone
Primary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Niobium (Columbium)
Tertiary: REE
Location
State: Colorado
County: El Paso
District: Crystal Park Area
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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, Pikes Peak Batholith
Type: L
Description: Ute Pass Fault, Manitou Park Half Graben, Mt Rosa Intrusive Center
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Amazonstone
Ore: Zircon
Gangue: Columbite
Gangue: Microcline
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Hornblende
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Fluocerite
Comments
Comment (Location): COLLECTING SITES PROBABLY FOUND AT LEAST ONE MILE AROUND AND BEYOND SEC. 18. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR APPROX CENTER SEC. 18 AT CRYSTAL PARK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1981)
Comment (Development): INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION OF GEM SPECIMENS FROM ONE OF STATE'S OLDEST AND BEST COLLECTING LOCALITIES.
Comment (Deposit): GEM AND MINERAL SPECIMENS OCCUR IN MIAROLITIC CAVITIES IN PEGMATITES UP TO 3 FT WIDE AND IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED--SOME ISOLATED, OTHERS CONNECTED BY SMALL VEINS.
Comment (Workings): NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS AND DUMPS
References
Reference (Deposit): TRIMBLE, D.E., AND MACHETTE, M.N., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS-CASTLE ROCK AREA, FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-857-F.
Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., AND WOBUS, R.A., 1973, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF COLORADO SPRINGS AND VICINITY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-482.
Reference (Deposit): PEARL, R.M., 1965, COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE: DENVER, SAGE BOOKS, P. 169-171.
Reference (Deposit): OVER, EDWIN, JR., 1929, SOME MINERAL LOCALITIES OF EL PASO COUNTY: ROCKS AND MINERALS, V. 4, NO. 4, P. 106-107.
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