The Langston Mine is a beryllium and mica mine located in Larimer county, Colorado at an elevation of 5,676 feet.
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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: 5,676 Feet (1,730 Meters)
Commodity: Beryllium, Mica
Lat, Long: 40.68694, -105.30722
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Langston Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Langston Mine
Commodity
Primary: Beryllium
Primary: Mica
Location
State: Colorado
County: Larimer
District: Crystal Mountain (Storm Mountain) Pegmatite District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Ownership
Owner Name: Archie Langston
Home Office: Bellevue
Years: 1963 -
Owner Name: Jolex Mica Co.
Home Office: Fort Collins, Co.
Years: 1963 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1960
Year Last Production: 1963
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: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Beryl
Ore: Muscovite
Comments
Comment (Location): CDM REPORT CITES LOCATION AS ON HWY 14, POUDRE CANYON, 0.5 MILE SOUTH OF COLUMBINE, BUT THIS TOWN(?) IS NOT SHOWN ON MAPS BY THIS NAME. SITE COULD BE ON NE SIDE OF DISTRICT NEAR TOWN OF POUDRE PARK. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR POUDRE PARK (SE SEC. 02, T 8 N, R 71 W). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT 40 FT HIGH
References
Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS.
Reference (Deposit): THURSTON, W.R., 1955, PEGMATITES OF THE CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, LARIMER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1011, 185 P., 13 PLS.
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