Rita Beryl Mine

The Rita Beryl Mine is a beryllium mine located in Larimer county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,482 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

Name: Rita Beryl Mine  

State:  Colorado

County:  Larimer

Elevation: 9,482 Feet (2,890 Meters)

Commodity: Beryllium

Lat, Long: 40.54278, -105.45056

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Rita Beryl Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Rita Beryl Mine
Secondary: Reta Mine
Secondary: Clipper Group


Commodity

Primary: Beryllium


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

Owner Name: Wayne Anderson
Home Office: Fort Collins, Co.
Years: 1961 -

Owner Name: Crystal Mountain Beryl Association
Home Office: Fort Collins, Co.
Years: 1961 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1961
Year Last Production: 1961
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: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Beryl
Gangue: Tourmaline


Comments

Comment (Location): CDM LISTS CLAIM GROUP IN SEVERAL SECTIONS. MEEVES AND OTHERS GIVE LOCATION AS SEC. 27. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR CENTER SEC. 27, ONE MILE WNW OF CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)

Comment (Workings): 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. 31.

Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS.

Reference (Production): COLORADO DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPT.


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