Mine detail: Molly Group

Previously called 'Movelock Mine ?'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.11666, -107.59787

Resource(M)

Primary:	Molybdenum
Ore:	Molybdenite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Basaltic Dikes And Plugs;Wasatch Formation
Host type:	Basalt
Associated rock:	Basaltic Dikes And Plugs
Associated type:	Basalt
Structure:	Piceance Basin, Gunnison Uplift, West Elk Centers, Piceance Basin, Grand Hogback Monocline
Tectonic:	Colorado Platform

References

MRDS	D009445
DEP	10013252
Reference	{Deposit:: YEEND, W.E., 1969, QUATERNARY GEOLOGY OF THE GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS AREA, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 617, 50 P.}{Deposit:: TWETO, OGDEN, AND OTHERS, 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LEADVILLE 1X2 QUADRANGLE, NORTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-999}{Deposit:: TRAVER, W.M., JR., 1947, INVESTIGATIONS OF STRATEGIC MINERAL RESOURCES, IN VANDERWILT, J.W., MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO STATE MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 474, 484.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.