Tantalum Prospect

The Tantalum Prospect is a mica, beryllium, and tantalum mine located in Larimer county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,100 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Tantalum Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Mica
Primary: Beryllium
Primary: Tantalum

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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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

Type: L
Description: Thompson Canyon Fault, Mt Olympus Batholith, Ne-Trending Folds

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: USGS ANALYSIS YIELDED 76 % TA205 AND 10 % NB205

Materials

Ore: Muscovite
Ore: Beryl
Ore: Tantalite
Gangue: Microcline

Comments

Comment (Location): PROBABLY NORTH OF SHEEP CREEK, 2.5 MILES ENE OF CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)

Comment (Deposit): UNZONED PEGMATITE TRENDS N 71 E, AND IS COMPOSED OF QUARTZ, ALBITE, AND MUSCOVITE, WITH ACCESSORY MICROCLINE, BERYL, AND TANTALITE. AVE. GRAIN SIZE OF 2 INCHES. BERYL AND EUHEDRAL TANTALITE OCCUR WITH FINE-GRAINED MUSCOVITE AGGREGATES.

Comment (Workings): 6-FT-DEEP SHAFT

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. 98-99.

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