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Found Here
Geology and deposit
- Host rock
- Gneiss, Granite
- Associated rock
- Redskin Granite — Granite
- Orebody form
- CUPOLAS, PODS, IRREGULAR LENSES
- Tectonic setting
- Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Tarryall Mountains, Front Range, Puma Hills, Badger Flats, Badger Flats Fault, Minor Faults, Round Mountain Syncline
Greisenized Rocks; Localized By Fissures, Contacts, Favorable Rock Units
Greisenization
Mining history
- Status
- Past Producer
- Workings
- Underground
- Production size
- Small
- Discovered
- 1957
Records and references
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. 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. 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. 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. SIEMS, P.L., 1963, BERYLLIUM: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN, V.6, NO. 3 15 P. WORCESTER, P.G., 1919, MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS OF COLORADO: CGS BULLETIN 14, P. 73-74. MEEVES, H.C., HARRER, C.M., SALSBURY, M.H., KONSELMAN, A.S., SHANNON S.S., JR., 1966, RECONNAISSANCE OF BERYLLIUM-BEARING PEGMATITE DEPOSITS IN SIX WESTERN STATES: ARIZONA, COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, SOUTH DAKOTA, UTAH, AND WYOMING: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8298, P. 30
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10013792 — view the source record
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Location on Map
Coordinates: 39.07583, -105.42891
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