Mine detail: Mt. Olympus Mine

Previously called 'Mt. Olympus No. 2'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.69054, -105.25698

Resource(B)

Primary:	Beryllium, Mica
Tertiary:	Feldspar
Ore:	Beryl
Other material:	Microcline, Muscovite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1958
Last production ended:	1960

Geology

Host rock:	Metamorphic Rocks--Biotite Gneiss, Schist, And Migmatite;Pegmatite
Host type:	Gneiss
Associated rock:	Pegmatite;Boulder Creek Granodiorite
Associated type:	Diorite,Pegmatite
Structure:	Front Range Uplift, Poudre River Shear Zone, Skin Gulch Shear Zone, Mt Olympus Batholith
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010405
DEP	10087864
Reference	{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)}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.