Mine detail: Corral Pole Mine

Previously called 'Corral Pole No. 2 Quarry'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.55192, -105.41726

Resource(B)

Primary:	Mica, Beryllium, Feldspar
Secondary:	Gemstone, Uranium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum
Ore:	Beryl, Microcline, Muscovite, Tourmaline, Uraninite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1958
Last production ended:	1971

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

MRDS	D010318
DEP	10101847
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-BEARING PEGMATITE DEPOSITS IN SIX WESTERN STATES: USBM IC-8298, P. 30.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}{Production:: COLORADO DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.