Wisdom Ranch Prospect

The Wisdom Ranch Prospect is a beryllium mine located in Larimer county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,579 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: Wisdom Ranch Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Beryllium

Location

State: Colorado
County: Larimer
District: Crystal Mountain (Storm Mountain) Pegmatite District

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: United Beryllium Ores And Metals Corp.
Home Office: Denver, Co.
Years: 1942 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1941
Discovery Year: 1941
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

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Fe Oxidation; Sericitization Of Sillimanite

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chrysoberyl
Ore: Beryl
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Microcline
Gangue: Albite
Gangue: Sillimanite

Comments

Comment (Location): ON DIVIDE BETWEEN HIGH PARK AND PARADISE PARK, 5.3 MILES NE OF CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)

Comment (Deposit): ZONED PEGMATITE IS POORLY EXPOSED BUT CONSISTS MOSTLY OF MICROCLINE-QUARTZ-MUSCOVITE PEGMATITE WITH LARGE AMOUNTS OF PARTLY SERICITIZED SILLIMANITE, ALTERED MAGNETITE, AND HEMATITE NEAR SCHIST INCLUSIONS AND CONTACTS. THIS GRADES INTO ZONE OF ALBITE-QUARTZ-MUSCOVITE PEGMATITE WITH BERYL, CHRYSOBERYL, AND ALTERED GARNET; THEN ZONE OF GIANT MICROCLINE FOLLOWED BY MASSIVE MILKY AND ROSE QUARTZ. PEGMATITE CUT BY TWO NW-TRENDING DIABASE DIKES.

Comment (Workings): 33-FT-LONG DRIFT; LARGE OPEN PIT; 8 SMALL PROSPECT PITS AND TRENCHES.

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): HANLEY, J.B., AND OTHERS, 1950, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS IN COLORADO, WYOMING, AND UTAH, 1942-1944: USGS PROF. PAPER 227, P. 102-104, PL. 15.

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