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Kelsey Lake Diamond Mine


Name: Kelsey Lake Diamond Mine
Category: Mining
Archive ID#: CO3167
 
Description: A diamond mine at 8,000 feet in the Rocky Mountains near the Wyoming border. Went into full operation in June 1996, then went bankrupt in 2000. One of only four diamond mines in the country, which together make up less than 1/100th of one percent of the world's total diamond production.
Location: Near Fort Collins
(POINT(-105.6601524353 40.757530120177))
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Address: CO
Visitor Info: Near the small Kelsey Lake.
Links: http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/diamonds/north.html
tag: Diamond Mine
LCS: Mining
   
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