Wasson Pegmatite

The Wasson Pegmatite is a beryllium, feldspar, and mica mine located in Jefferson county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,520 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

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Site Name

Primary: Wasson Pegmatite
Secondary: Rainbow Hills Pegmatite
Secondary: Wasson Ranch Pegmatite

Commodity

Primary: Beryllium
Primary: Feldspar
Primary: Mica
Secondary: REE
Secondary: Niobium (Columbium)
Secondary: Tantalum
Tertiary: Thorium

Location

State: Colorado
County: Jefferson
District: Clear Creek Pegmatite Province

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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1944
Year Last Production: 1956
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

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Front Range Uplift, Denver Basin

Type: L
Description: Floyd Hill Fault Zone, Unnamed Anticline

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Tantalite
Ore: Muscovite
Ore: Beryl
Ore: Columbite
Ore: Microcline
Ore: Euxenite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Thorite
Gangue: Biotite

Comments

Comment (Location): ON LOW RIDGE IN UPPER COLD SPRING GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Comment (Production): PRESUMED CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION

Comment (Development): USBM(?) NOTES CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION THROUGH 1956

Comment (Deposit): ZONED PEGMATITE TRENDS NW, DIPS 70 TO 80 SW PINCHING OUT BOTH TO NW AND TO SE. WALL ZONE CONTAINS AMETHYST QUARTZ, MICROCLINE, AND SOME PLAGIOCLASE; CORE IS QUARTZ-MICROCLINE. BE OCCURS IN POCKETS IN MAIN DIKE AND IN SMALL BRANCH DIKE.

Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT

References

Reference (Deposit): BOOS, M.F., 1954, GENESIS OF PRECAMBRIAN PEGMATITES IN THE DENVER MOUNTAIN PARKS AREA, COLORADO: GSA BULL., V. 65, P. 115-142

Reference (Deposit): SHERIDAN, D.M., AND OTHERS, 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE EVERGREEN QUADRANGLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-786-A.

Reference (Deposit): MEEVES, H.C., AND OTHERS, 1966, RECONNAISSANCE OF BERYLLIUM-BEARING PEGMATITE DEPOSITS IN SIX WESTERN STATES: USBM IC-8298, P. 29.

Reference (Deposit): USBM MIN. EXAM. FILE, REPT. OF 6/1/59 (FROM ORIGINAL CRIB RECORD)

Reference (Production): ORIGINAL CRIB RECORD (PROBABLY USBM REFERENCE)

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