Mine detail: Unnamed Pegmatite

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Location: Gunnison County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.3925, -107.13785
dep_id: 10014391
mrds_id: D011138
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Molybdenum, Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Molybdenite
gangue: Hornblende, Microcline, Quartz, Sphene
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Black Canyon Schist;Syenite And Related Rocks
hrock_type: Pegmatite,Granite
arock_unit: Pegmatite And Granite Dikes
arock_type: Syenite,Pegmatite,Granite
Structure: Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, Gunnison Gold Belt, Unnamed Fault, Tolvar Peak Stock
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
References:
  • Deposit:: HUNTER, J.F., 1925, PRE-CAMBRIAN ROCKS OF GUNNISON RIVER, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 777, P. 79.
  • Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CARPENTER RIDGE QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1070.
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