Mine detail: Boulder Creek

Previously called 'Schlosser'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.02318, -122.45082

Resource(M)

Primary: Molybdenum
Ore: Ferrimolybdite, Molybdenite
Gangue: Pyrite
Orebody form: DISSEMINATED

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host type:Peridotite
Associated type:Granite
Tectonic:Klamath Mountains

References

MRDSD000389
DEP10008333
Reference{Deposit:: KIRKEMO, HAROLD, ANDERSON, C.A., CREASEY, S.C., 1965, INVESTIGATIONS OF MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS IN THE CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1182-E, P. E41-E43.}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, C.A., 1942, GEOLOGY OF BOULDER CREEK MOLYBDENITE MINE, SHASTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUB. REPORT.}{Deposit:: AVERILL, C.V., 1939, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SHASTA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 35, NO. 2, P. 168-169.}
ReporterKing, Robert U., Peterson, Jocelyn A.