Commodities
PrimaryMolybdenum
SecondaryTungsten, Tin, Copper, Niobium (Columbium), Beryllium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Silver
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model50: Climax Mo
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formPIPE
Materials
Ore mineralsAntimony, Cassiterite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Ferrimolybdite, Goethite, Huebnerite, Ilsemannite, Jarosite, Lepidocrocite, Malachite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Powellite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Wolframite
GangueBiotite, Fluorite, Ilmenite, Quartz, Rutile
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite
AlterationBiotization, Silicification (Inner And Outer Zones), Argillization; Some Contact Metamorphism Of Surrounding Permian Dolomites And Shales
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10085753
MRDS IDW701389
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.4435, -104.87968
References
PRICE, J. G., HENRY, C. D., AND STANDEN, A. R., 1983, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN TRANS-PECOS TEXAS: BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (TEXAS), MINERAL RESOURCE CIRCULAR NO. 73, 108 P.SHARP, J.E., 1979, CAVE PEAK, A MOLYBDENUM-MINERALIZED BRECCIA PIPE COMPLEX IN CULBERSON COUNTY, TEXAS: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 74, P. 517-534.WARNER, L., ET AL, 1959, OCCURRENCE OF NON-PEGMATITIC BERYLLIUM IN THE U.S.: USGS PP 318REGIONAL GEOLOGY MAPPED BY P.B. KINGCIMRIUSGS OFR 92-002, P. 17.