Lat / long: | 39.66749, -105.45003 |
Primary: | Beryllium |
Tertiary: | Feldspar |
Ore: | Beryl, Microcline |
Gangue: | Biotite, Plagioclase |
Orebody form: | TABULAR |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small |
Development status: | Past Producer |
First production started: | 1942 |
Host rock: | Idaho Springs Formation---Hornblende Gneiss, Calc-Silicate Gneiss, And Amphibolite |
Host type: | Gneiss |
Associated rock: | Pegmatite |
Associated type: | Pegmatite |
Structure: | Front Range Uplift, Denver Basin, Kennedy Gulch Fault Zone |
Tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) |
MRDS | D010228 |
DEP | 10013764 |
Reference | {Deposit:: BOOS, M.F., 1954, GENESIS OF PRECAMBRIAN PEGMATITES IN THE DENVER MOUNTAIN PARKS AREA, COLORADO: GSA BULL., V. 65, P. 115-142}{Deposit:: SHERIDAN, D.M., AND MARSH, S.P., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SQUAW PASS QUADRANGLE, CLEAR CREEK, JEFFERSON, AND GILPIN COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1337} |
Reporter | Schwochow, Stephen D. |