Mine detail: Rattlesnake Park Mine

Location:	Larimer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long:	40.35637, -105.29837
dep_id:	10013871
mrds_id:	D010406
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Lithium, Beryllium
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Amblygonite, Beryl
gangue:	Tourmaline
Reporter:	Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit:	Metasedimentary Rocks--Quartzofeldspathic Schist And Gneiss;Pegmatite
hrock_type:	Gneiss
arock_unit:	Pegmatite;Tonalite (Quartz Diorite)
arock_type:	Tonalite,Pegmatite
Structure:	Front Range Uplift, Ne-Trending Fault
tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
References:	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. 30. Deposit:: COLTON, R.B., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BOULDER-FORT COLLINS-GREELEY AREA, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-855-G. Deposit:: USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILE (FROM ORIGINAL CRIB RECORD) Production:: USBM MINERAL EXAM FILE (FROM ORIGINAL CRIB RECORD)