Commodities
PrimaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Geology
Host rockSchist,Gneiss · Interlayered Felsic And Hornblendic Gneisses
StructureSawatch Arch, Sangre De Cristo Range, Rio Grande Rift
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10094519
MRDS IDD008948
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates38.43223, -106.02531
References
WORCESTER, P.G., 1919, MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS OF COLORADO, WITH GENERAL NOTES ON THE MOLYBDENUM INDUSTRY: COLO. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 14, P. 81.TWETO, OGDEN, AND OTHERS, 1976, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MONTROSE 1X2 QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MF-761