Colorado · Jefferson County
Occurrence
Unnamed Mo Prospect
Jefferson County, Colorado, United States
Molybdenum
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Commodities
Primary
Molybdenum
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
N
Materials
Ore minerals
Molybdenite
Gangue
Pyrrhotite
Geology
Host rock
Gneiss,Amphibolite · Idaho Springs Formation---Hornblende Gneiss Unit
Associated rock
Pegmatite · Granitic Pegmatite
Structure
Front Range Uplift, Denver Basin, Junction Ranch Fault System, Unnamed Overturned Anticline
Tectonic setting
Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development status
Occurrence
Identification
Deposit ID
10013711
MRDS ID
D010148
Region
NA
Data score
D
Coordinates
39.76999, -105.33364
References
SHERIDAN, D.M., AND OTHERS, 1967, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE RALSTON BUTTES DISTRICT, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 520 (INCL. GEOLOGIC MAP OF RALSTON BUTTES QUAD)