Colorado · Dolores County
Prospect

Calico Peak

Dolores County, Colorado, United States
AluminumSulfurSulfuric AcidMolybdenumPotassium
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Commodities
PrimaryAluminum
SecondarySulfur, Sulfuric Acid
TertiaryMolybdenum, Potassium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsAlunite, Kaolinite, Muscovite, Quartz
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1912
Identification
Deposit ID10166903
MRDS IDD010903
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.71111, -108.09005
References
MUCH OF THE DATA IS FROM REPORT "EVALUATION OF THE ALUNITEOF CALICO PEAK, DOLORES CO. COLO" FOR COLORADO CENTRAL MINESBY W.S. CALKIN, EARTH SCIENCES, INC.,OCT. 21, 1970. CONFIDENREF. SERNA-ISAZA,1971, GEOLOGY & GEOCHEMISTRY OF CALICO PEAKDOLORES CO. COLO.; COLO. SCHOOL OF MINES MASTERS THESIS.NEUBERT, J.T., 1992, MINERAL APPRAISAL OF SAN JUAN NATIONALFOREST, CO: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERAL LAND ASSESSMENTOPEN-FILE REPORT 2-92 (SAMPLES 93-123)THEONEN, J.R., ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, USBMR.I. 356L, 1941, 48 PP. QUOTED BY J.C. RATTE IN USGS REPORTMINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF COLORADO, 1964, P. 155.