Mine detail: Mt. Olympus Mine

Previously called 'Mt. Olympus No. 2'

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Location: Larimer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.69054, -105.25698
dep_id: 10087864
mrds_id: D010405
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Beryllium, Mica
Trace mineral: Feldspar
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Beryl
other_matl: Microcline, Muscovite
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Metamorphic Rocks--Biotite Gneiss, Schist, And Migmatite;Pegmatite
hrock_type: Gneiss
arock_unit: Pegmatite;Boulder Creek Granodiorite
arock_type: Diorite,Pegmatite
Structure: Front Range Uplift, Poudre River Shear Zone, Skin Gulch Shear Zone, Mt Olympus Batholith
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Year first produced: 1958
yr_lst_prd: 1960
References:
  • Deposit:: THURSTON, W.R., 1955, PEGMATITES OF THE CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, LARIMER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1011, 185 P., 13 PLS.
  • Deposit:: USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILE (FROM ORIGINAL CRIB RECORD)
  • Production:: USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILE FROM ORIGINAL CRIB RECORD (1958); COLORADO DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPT. (1960)
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