The Mary Lee Prospect is a mine located in Park county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,497 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: 8,497 Feet (2,590 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.0756, -105.42810
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Mary Lee Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mary Lee Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Colorado
County: Park
District: Lake George 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
Type: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1955
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Beryl
Unknown: Cassiterite
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Muscovite
Unknown: Topaz
Unknown: Wolframite
Unknown: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): REFER TO 010: BERYLLIUM IS PRINCIPAL MINERAL FOUND IN LAKE G DISTRICT REFER TO 040: US HIGHWAY IS APPROX. 3 MILES SOUTH OF MINERAL AREA REFER TO 050: MINING DISTRICT FIRST DISCOVERED IN 1890 FOR I GRADE GOLD, SILVER AND LEAD. SCHEELITE, AND BERYL DISCOVER BOOMER PROSPECT IN 1955. MINE PRODUCED 3000 TONS BERYL OR 1955-65. GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING (SOIL, STREAM, AND BEDROC SURFACE MAPPING INDICATES BERYLLIUM, TUNGSTEN, AND TIN ANO THROUGHOUT DISTRICT. REFER TO 070: CASSITERITE FOUND IN FISSURE VEIN ALONG WITH B AND ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA. VEIN LESS THAN 1 FT WIDE. TIN FO ONLY AS MINOR OCCURRENCE.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION IS ONGOING.
References
Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY C.C., 1968, GEOLOGY AND BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS OF THE LAK
Reference (Deposit): GEORGE (OR BADGER FLATS) BERYLLIUM AREA, PARK AND JEFFERSO
Reference (Deposit): COUNTIES, COLO: U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 608-A, 44 PP.
Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY,C.C.,ET.AL., 1960, PREMINERALIZATION FAULTING IN THE
Reference (Deposit): GEORGE AREA, PARK COUNTY, COLORADO: U.S.GEOL.SURVEY PROF P
Reference (Deposit): 400-B, P. B73-74
Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY,C.C., ET. AL., 1966, GEOLOGIC AND GEOCHEMICAL FEATURE
Reference (Deposit): THE REDSKIN GRANITE AND ASSOCIATED ROCKS, LAKE GEORGE BERY
Reference (Deposit): AREA, COLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 550-C, P. C1
Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY,C.C., ET. AL., 1968, DISTRIBUTION OF BERYLLIUM, TIN,
Reference (Deposit): TUNGSTEN IN LAKE GEORGE AREA, COLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): 18 PP.
Reference (Deposit): SHARP, W.N., AND HAWLEY, C.C., 1960, BERTRANDITE-BEARING GRE
Reference (Deposit): NEW BERYLLIUM ORE, IN THE LAKE GEORGE DISTRICT, COLORADO:
Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 400-B, P. B73-74
Reference (Deposit): TWETO, OGDEN, 1960, SCHEELITE IN THE PRECAMBRIAN GNEISSES OF
Reference (Deposit): ECON. GEOL., V. 55, NO.7, P 1406-1428.
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