Mine detail: Tennessee Mine

Previously called 'Tennessee No. 2'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.0775, -105.43391

Resource(M)

Primary:	Beryllium
Secondary:	Molybdenum, Tungsten, Uranium
Tertiary:	Lead, Zinc, Arsenic, Iron, Copper, Tin
Ore:	Bertrandite, Beryl, Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Euclase, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Uraninite, Wolframite
Gangue:	Fluorite, Muscovite, Quartz, Siderite, Topaz
Orebody form:	CUPOLAS, PODS, IRREGULAR LENSES
Discovery year:	1955

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Amphibolite,Granite
Associated rock:	Redskin Granite;Amphibolite
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Tarryall Mountains, Front Range, Puma Hills, Badger Flats, Badger Flats Fault, Minor Faults, Round Mountain Syncline
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Alteration processes:	Greisenization

References

MRDS	D010285
DEP	10087842
Reference	{Deposit:: HAWLEY, C.C., 1969, GEOLOGY AND BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS OF THE LAKE GEORGE (OR BADGER FLATS) BERYLLIUM AREA, PARK AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 608-A, 44 P.}{Deposit:: MEEVES, H.C., 1966, NONPEGMATITIC BERYLLIUM OCCURRENCES IN ARIZONA, COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, UTAH, AND FOUR ADJACENT STATES: USBM REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6828, P. 25-34.}{Deposit:: HAWLEY, C.C. AND GRIFFITTS, W.R., 1968, DISTRIBUTION OF BERYLLIUM, TIN, AND TUNGSTEN IN THE LAKE GEORGE AREA, COLORADO: USGS CIRCULAR 597, 18 P.}{Deposit:: HAWLEY, C.C. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1977, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE PRECAMBRIAN CRYSTALLINE ROCKS, PARK AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 608-B, 77 P.}{Deposit:: SIEMS, P.L., 1963, BERYLLIUM: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN, V. 6, NO. 3 15 P.}{Deposit:: WORCESTER, P.G., 1919, MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS OF COLORADO: CGS BULLETIN 14, P. 73-74.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.