Badger Flats Area

The Badger Flats Area is a beryllium mine located in Park county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,589 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

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Site Name

Primary: Badger Flats Area
Secondary: Boomer Mine
Secondary: Mary Lee Mine
Secondary: Redskin Mine
Secondary: China Wall Cupola

Commodity

Primary: Beryllium
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Tungsten
Secondary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Tin

Location

State: Colorado
County: Park
District: Lake George (Badger Flats) Beryllium Area (Mountain Dale 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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1956
Discovery Year: 1895
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: CUPOLAS, PODS, IRREGULAR LENSES

Structure

Type: R
Description: Tarryall Mountains, Front Range, Puma Hills, Badger Flats

Type: L
Description: Badger Flats Fault, Minor Faults, Round Mountain Syncline

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Greisenization

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: MASSES OF GALENA CONTAIN 0.3-0.7 % AG, 0.3-1.5 % BI, 0.007-0.7 % CU

Materials

Ore: Euclase
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Bertrandite
Ore: Cassiterite
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Beryl
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Topaz

Comments

Comment (Commodity): NON PEGMATITIC BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS; BERYL OCCURS AS HEXAGONAL CRYSTALS AND MASSIVE POIKILOBLASTIC GRAINS

Comment (Deposit): THE REDSKIN STOCK IS ZONED, WITH NEARLY ALL OF THE BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS OCCURRING IN THE GRANITE-APLITE OR PORPHYRITIC GRANITE FACIES OF THE GREISENIZED REDSKIN GRANITE. EVEN THOSE DEPOSITS NOT ACTUALLY IN THE REDSKIN GRANITE ARE SPATIALLY AND GENETICALLY RELATED TO IT.

Comment (Location): SPECIFIC LATITUDE, LONGITUDE ARE FOR THE BOOMER MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Comment (Development): AREA FIRST PROSPECTED IN LATE 1800'S FOR GOLD. ABOUT 1900 COPPER AND SILVER CAUSED RENEWED ACTIVITY. IN 1943 SCHEELITE WAS FOUND AND WORKED SPORADICALLY. IN 1956 THE BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS AT THE BOOMER MINE WERE LOCATED AND THE MAJOR PRODUCTION CONTINUED TO BE BERYLLIUM. MOLYBDENUM WAS FOUND IN 1917 WITH MINOR PRODUCTION

References

Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY, C.C., 1969, GEOLOGY AND BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS OF THE LAKE GEORGE (OR BADGER FLATS) BERYLLIUM AREA, PARK AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 608-A, 44 P.

Reference (Deposit): MEEVES, H.C., 1966, NONPEGMATITIC BERYLLIUM OCCURRENCES IN ARIZONA, COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, UTAH, AND FOUR ADJACENT STATES: USBM REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6828, P. 25-34.

Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY, C.C. AND GRIFFITTS, W.R., 1968, DISTRIBUTION OF BERYLLIUM, TIN, AND TUNGSTEN IN THE LAKE GEORGE AREA, COLORADO: USGS CIRCULAR 597, 18 P.

Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY, C.C., SHARP, W.N., GRIFFITTS, W.R., 1960, PRE-MINERALIZATION FAULTING IN THE LAKE GEORGE AREA, PARK COUNTY, COLORADO, IN SHORT PAPERS IN THE GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 400-B, P. B71-B73.

Reference (Deposit): GALLAGHER, G.L., 1976, URANIUM FAVORABILITY OF PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS IN THE BADGER FLATS-ELKHORN THRUST AREA, PARK AND TELLER COUNTIES, COLORADO: US ERDA REPORT GJBX-55 (76), 30 P.

Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 364-370

Reference (Deposit): WORCESTER, P.G., 1919, MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS OF COLORADO: CGS BULLETIN 14, P. 73-74.

Reference (Deposit): SHARP, W.N. AND HAWLEY, C.C., 1960, BERTRANDITE-BEARING GREISEN, A NEW BERYLLIUM ORE, IN THE LAKE GEORGE DISTRICT, COLORADO, IN, SHORT PAPERS IN THE GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 400-B, P. B73-B74.

Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY, C.C. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1977, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE PRECAMBRIAN CRYSTALLINE ROCKS, PARK AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 608-B, 77 P.

Reference (Deposit): SIEMS, P.L., 1963, BERYLLIUM: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN, V. 6, NO. 3, 15 P.

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