Mine detail: Hilltop No. 23 Mine

Previously called 'Hilltop Group'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.50637, -105.34392

Resource(M)

Primary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Uranium
Ore: Beryl

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Last production ended: 1958

Geology

Host rock:Metasedimentary Rocks-Mica Schist;Pegmatite
Host type:Mica Schist
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

MRDSD010327
DEP10087856
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-BERING PEGMATITE DEPOSITS IN SIX WESTERN STATES: USBM IC-8298, P. 30.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.