Commodities
PrimaryMolybdenum
TertiaryUranium, Tungsten, Zinc, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeClimax Mo
Model{50: Climax Mo}
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formCYLINDRICAL OR PIPELIKE
Ore control"Cone Sheet Fracture Zone In Roof Of Multiple-Stage Intrusion"
Materials
Ore mineralsMolybdenite
GangueFerrimolybdite, Fluorite, Galena, Huebnerite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite, Sphalerite, Rhodochrosite
Geology
Host rockGranitoid,Granite · "Square quartz porphyry", "Tungsten Slide unit", "Silver Plume Granite "
Associated rockRhyolite · Red Mountain Complex- multi-phase intrusive complex of high silica, alkali-rich rhyolite, and granite porphyry
Structure"Straight Cr., Vasquez Cr., Loveland Pass-Berthoud Pass Fault Zones, Main Fissure", "Front Range Uplift, Silver Plume Batholith, Colorado Mineral Belt"
Alteration"Silicification, Sericitization, K-Feldspathization"
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1915
Last production1974
Discovery year1910
Identification
Deposit ID10012413
MRDS IDD008026
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates39.7561, -105.82754
References
{Commodity:: Nelson-Moore, J.L., Collins, D.B., and Hornbaker, A.L., 1978, Radioactive mineral occurrences of Colorado: Colorado Geological Survey Bulletin 40, 1054 p., 12 pl.}{Deposit:: WALLACE, S.R., Mackensie, W.B., Blair, R.G., and Muncaster, Neil, 1978, GEOLOGY OF THE URAD AND HENDERSON MOLYBDENITE DEPOSITS, CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, COLORADO, WITH A SECTION ON A COMPARISON OF THESE DEPOSITS WITH THOSE AT CLIMAX, COLORADO: ECONomic GEOLOGY, V. 73, no. 3, P. 325-368.}{Deposit:: VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MISCELLANEOUS METALS--MOLYBDENUM, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BD., P. 222-226.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS.}{Deposit:: SKILLINGS, J.B., 1967, CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO. DEDICATES URAD MINE IN COLO. SEPT. 14: SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW.}{Deposit:: OCT, 1967, URAD MINE DEDICATION MARKS OFFICIAL STARTUP OF NEW MOLY PRODUCER: MINING ENGINEERING.}{Deposit:: OCT, 1967, NEW URAD MOLY MINE IS BLOCK-CAVED FOR 3-STAGE UNDER GROUND CRUSHING: ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL.}{Production:: COLO. DIV. MINES ANN OPERATOR REPORTS; ANNUAL ITEM 15: AMAX.}