Mine detail: Crystal Park Area

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Location

Lat / long:

38.83167, -104.93195

Resource(B)

Primary:	Beryllium, Gemstone
Tertiary:	Niobium (Columbium), REE
Ore:	Amazonstone, Zircon
Gangue:	Biotite, Columbite, Fluocerite, Hornblende, Microcline, Tourmaline

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Pikes Peak Granite;Pegmatite
Host type:	Granite
Associated rock:	Pikes Peak Granite;Pegmatite
Associated type:	Pegmatite,Granite
Structure:	Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith, Ute Pass Fault, Manitou Park Half Graben, Mt Rosa Intrusive Center
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010371
DEP	10013845
Reference	{Deposit:: TRIMBLE, D.E., AND MACHETTE, M.N., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS-CASTLE ROCK AREA, FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-857-F.}{Deposit:: SCOTT, G.R., AND WOBUS, R.A., 1973, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF COLORADO SPRINGS AND VICINITY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-482.}{Deposit:: PEARL, R.M., 1965, COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE: DENVER, SAGE BOOKS, P. 169-171.}{Deposit:: OVER, EDWIN, JR., 1929, SOME MINERAL LOCALITIES OF EL PASO COUNTY: ROCKS AND MINERALS, V. 4, NO. 4, P. 106-107.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.