Mine detail: Mt. Judge Beryl Pegmatite

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Location: Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.66749, -105.45003
dep_id: 10013764
mrds_id: D010228
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Beryllium
Trace mineral: Feldspar
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Beryl, Microcline
gangue: Biotite, Plagioclase
orebody_fm: TABULAR
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Idaho Springs Formation---Hornblende Gneiss, Calc-Silicate Gneiss, And Amphibolite
hrock_type: Gneiss
arock_unit: Pegmatite
arock_type: Pegmatite
Structure: Front Range Uplift, Denver Basin, Kennedy Gulch Fault Zone
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Year first produced: 1942
References:
  • 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
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