The Mt. Olympus Mine is a beryllium and mica mine located in Larimer county, Colorado at an elevation of 5,518 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: 5,518 Feet (1,682 Meters)
Commodity: Beryllium, Mica
Lat, Long: 40.69056, -105.25639
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Mt. Olympus Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mt. Olympus Mine
Secondary: Mt. Olympus No. 2
Commodity
Primary: Beryllium
Primary: Mica
Tertiary: Feldspar
Location
State: Colorado
County: Larimer
District: Poudre 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
Owner Name: Meyers, And Thayer
Home Office: Loveland, Co.
Years: 1960 -
Owner Name: Lucky Oscar Mica Co.
Home Office: Loveland, Co.
Years: 1960 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1958
Year Last Production: 1960
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: Poudre River Shear Zone, Skin Gulch Shear Zone, Mt Olympus Batholith
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
Unknown: Microcline
Unknown: Muscovite
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR CENTER SEC. 05. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT
Comment (Deposit): DISCORDANT PEGMATITE IN GRANITIC GNEISS
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): USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILE (FROM ORIGINAL CRIB RECORD)
Reference (Production): USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILE FROM ORIGINAL CRIB RECORD (1958); COLORADO DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPT. (1960)
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