Commodities
PrimaryMolybdenum
SecondaryCopper, Lead, Zinc
TertiaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model50: Climax Mo
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlBrecciated Older Porphyry Within Chicago Basin Stock And Radiating Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueDickite, Kaolinite, Pyrophyllite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Sericite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite,Granite · Intrusive Bodies And Related Rocks (Younger And Older Bodies Of Chicago Basin Stock)
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Rhyolite,Granite · Intrusive Bodies And Related Rocks (Younger And Older Bodies Of Chicago Basin Stock);Eolus Granite
StructureSan Juan Uplift, San Juan Basin, San Juan Volcanic Field, Needle Mtns Uplift, Chicago Basin Stock, Eolus Batholith, Trimble Stock
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationSee Comments
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10014081
MRDS IDD010704
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.60362, -107.61202
References
SCHMITT, L.J., AND RAYMOND, W.H., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITSOF THE NEEDLE MOUNTAINS DISTRICT, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1434, 40 P.STEVEN, T.A., AND OTHERS, 1969, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SAN JUAN PRIMITIVE AREA. COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1261-F9