Commodities
PrimaryTungsten, Molybdenum, Tin, REE
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsMolybdenite, Pyrite
GangueFluorite, Huebnerite, Quartz, Sericite, Topaz
Geology
StructureFractured Rhyolite Stock
Tectonic settingColorado Mineral Belt; Intracratonic Rift (Cenozoic)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
First production1948
Discovery year1879
Identification
Deposit ID10055834
MRDS IDSP00033
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates39.37027, -106.16839
References
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