Mine detail: Chicago Basin Disseminated Molybdenum Deposit

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Location

Lat / long:

37.60362, -107.61202

Resource(M)

Primary:	Molybdenum
Secondary:	Copper, Lead, Zinc
Tertiary:	Manganese
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Dickite, Kaolinite, Pyrophyllite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Sericite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Intrusive Bodies And Related Rocks (Younger And Older Bodies Of Chicago Basin Stock)
Host type:	Rhyolite,Granite
Associated rock:	Intrusive Bodies And Related Rocks (Younger And Older Bodies Of Chicago Basin Stock);Eolus Granite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Rhyolite,Granite
Structure:	San Juan Uplift, San Juan Basin, San Juan Volcanic Field, Needle Mtns Uplift, Chicago Basin Stock, Eolus Batholith, Trimble Stock
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:	See Comments

References

MRDS	D010704
DEP	10014081
Reference	{Deposit:: SCHMITT, L.J., AND RAYMOND, W.H., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITSOF THE NEEDLE MOUNTAINS DISTRICT, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1434, 40 P.}{Deposit:: STEVEN, T.A., AND OTHERS, 1969, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SAN JUAN PRIMITIVE AREA. COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1261-F9}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.