Mine detail: Rita Beryl Mine

Previously called 'Reta MineClipper Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.54276, -105.45115

Resource(M)

Primary:	Beryllium
Ore:	Beryl
Gangue:	Tourmaline

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1961
Last production ended:	1961

Geology

Host rock:	Metamorphic Rocks--Biotite Gneiss, Schist, And Migmatite;Pegmatite
Host type:	Gneiss
Associated rock:	Pegmatite;Tonalite (Quartz Diorite)
Associated type:	Tonalite,Pegmatite
Structure:	Front Range Uplift, Thompson Canyon Fault, Mt Olympus Batholith, Ne-Trending Folds
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010337
DEP	10013821
Reference	{Deposit:: THURSTON, W.R., 1955, PEGMATITES OF THE CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, LARIMER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1011, 185 P., 13 PLS.}{Deposit:: MEEVES, H.C., AND OTHERS, 1966, RECONNAISSANCE OF BERYLLIUM-BEARING PEGMATITE DEPOSITS IN SIX WESTERN STATES: USBM IC-8298, P. 31.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS.}{Production:: COLORADO DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPT.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.