The Beryl Deposit is a fluorine-fluorite and manganese mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,501 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: 9,501 Feet (2,896 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite, Manganese
Lat, Long: 38.09361, -105.74556
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Beryl Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Beryl Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Colorado
County: Saguache
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: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Underground
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sangre De Cristo Range, Rio Grande Rift
Type: L
Structure: thrust fault western flank of Sangre de Cristo range
Description: Gibson Peak Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Fluorspar
Ore: Psilomelane
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ON NORTH SIDE OF RITO ALTO CR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Deposit): 2-FT-WIDE VEIN OF COARSELY CRYSTALLINE FLOURSPAR TRENDS N15W, 75 SW AND IS COMPOSED OF 60% FLUORITE, 40% QUARTZITE AND CHERT BRECCIA FRAGMENTS; LOCAL POCKETS OF PSILOMELANE, OTHER MN OXIDES, AND BOXWORK QUARTZ. THIS DESCRIPTION AND GEOLOGIC MAP SUGGEST THAT VEIN OCCURS IN ORDOVICIAN HARDING SANDSTONE THAT BECAUSE OF LOCAL FAULTING AHS BECOME AN ORTHOQUARTZITE.
Comment (Workings): FOUR ADITS
References
Reference (Deposit): BRADY, B.T., 1975, MAP SHOWING FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN COLORADO: USGS MR-70.
Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., AND TAYLOR, R.B., 1974, RECONNAISSACNE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ELECTRIC PEAK QUADRANGLE, CUSTER AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MF-628
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