Colorado · Douglas County
Occurrence

Unnamed Molybdenum Occurrence

Douglas County, Colorado, United States
Molybdenum
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Commodities
TertiaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Materials
Ore mineralsMolybdenite
Geology
Host rockSyenite · Pikes Peak Granite;Pikes Peak Batholith And Associated Plutons--Syenite
Associated rockSyenite · Pikes Peak Granite;Pikes Peak Batholith And Associated Plutons--Syenite
StructureFront Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith, Sugarloaf Syenite Pluton, Unnamed Nw-Trending Faults
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10013983
MRDS IDD010565
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates39.16528, -105.20001
References
BRYANT, BRUCE, AND OTHERS, 1981, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DENVER 1X2 QUA DRANGLE, NORTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1163.ORIGINAL CRIB RECORD BY R.U. KING (FROM UNPUB. DATA)