Mine detail: Knight-Stacy

Previously called 'Rito AltoGrabGrey EagleMary AnnBig Horn'

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Location: Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.23084, -105.74058
dep_id: 10008352
mrds_id: D000425
mas_id: 80277001
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Molybdenum
Operation type: Surface
Deposit type: Stockwork
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Molybdite
orebody_fm: vein
Reporter: Wilson, Anna B., King, Robert U., Mosier, Dan
hrock_unit: Rio Alto Stock;Rio Alto Stock
hrock_type: Diorite
arock_type: Gneiss
References:
  • Deposit:: WORCESTER, 1919, MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS IN COLO.: COLO. G.S. BULL. 14, p. 52-53.
  • Deposit:: HORTON, F.W., 1916, MOLYBDENUM; Its ores and their concentration: U.S.B.M. BULL. 111, pp. 71.
  • Deposit:: Vanderwilt, 1947, Mineral Resources of Colorado: p. 473.
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