The Kings Canyon Mine is a beryllium mine located in Larimer county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,652 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: 8,652 Feet (2,637 Meters)
Commodity: Beryllium
Lat, Long: 40.55639, -105.46167
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Kings Canyon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kings Canyon Mine
Commodity
Primary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Lithium
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
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
Gangue: Lepidolite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Amblygonite
Comments
Comment (Location): PROBABLY ALONG UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF CASCADE CREEK 2 MILES NW OF CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR PROBABLE EXCAVATION IN NE SE SEC. 21 (DETERMINED FROM AIRPHOTO EXAMINATION). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)
Comment (Deposit): PEGMATITE TRENDS N 10 E, 75 TO 90 NW
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SMALL OPEN CUTS
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): MEEVES, H.C., AND OTHERS, 1966, RECONNAISSANCE OF BERYLLIUM-BEARING PEGMATITE DEPOSITS IN SIX WESTERN STATES: USBM IC-8298, P. 30.
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