Mine detail: Mt. Judge Beryl Pegmatite

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Location

Lat / long: 39.66749, -105.45003

Resource(B)

Primary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Feldspar
Ore: Beryl, Microcline
Gangue: Biotite, Plagioclase
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1942

Geology

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)

References

MRDSD010228
DEP10013764
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}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.