Commodities
PrimaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsUnknown
Orebody formLENSES
Ore controlFaults, Fault Intersections; Shear Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsMolybdenite
GangueCalcite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockDiabase,Schist,Gneiss,Granite · Migmatitic Gneiss
Associated rockSyenite,Diabase,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) · Syenite Complex At Democrat Creek
StructureNorthern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Dead Mule Gulch Fault, Ne-Trending Faults
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
AlterationAltered Biotite Gneiss; Kaolinization
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1890
Identification
Deposit ID10087778
MRDS IDD009612
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.2664, -105.39751
References
COKER, R. J., 1982, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ARKANSAS CANYON PLANNING UNIT WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE FORMER GRAPE CREEK WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS AND THE MCINTRYE HILLS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA: US BLM MINERAL REPORT,TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A., AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COTOPAXI 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, FREMONTAND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-900, 1:62,500.WORCHESTER, P.G., 1919, MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS OF COLORADO, WITH GENERAL NOTES ON THE MOLYBDENUM INDUSTRY: CGS BULLETIN 14, P. 57-58.