Mine detail: Questa Mine

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Location: Taos County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.71671, -105.51724
dep_id: 10085408
mrds_id: W700997
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Molybdenite
orebody_fm: VARIOUS ORE SHELLS
alteration: K-Feldspar, Biotite
conc_proc: Orthomagmatism
ore_ctrl: Centered On Underlying Porphyries
Reporter: Ludington, Steve L.
hrock_type: Rhyolite,Andesite,Granite
arock_type: Rhyolite,Andesite,Granite
Structure: South Margin Of Questa Caldera, Rio Grande Rift
tectonic: Post-Subduction Extension
Year first produced: 1923
disc_yr: 1916
discr: Jimmy Fay
References:
  • Deposit:: LEONARDSON, R.W., DUNLAP, G., STARQUIST, V.L., BRATTON, G.P., MEYER, J.W., OSBORNE, L.W., ATKIN, S.A., MOLLING, P.A., MOORE, R.F., AND OLMORE, S.D., 1982, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGY AND MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS AT QUESTA, NEW MEXICO; IN THE GENESIS OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN ORE DEPOSITS: CHANGES WITH TIME AND TECTONICS; EXPLORATION GEOLOGISTS SOCIETY SYMPOSIUM, DENVER REGION, NOVEMBER 1982, PP. 151-155.
  • Deposit:: CLARK, K.F., AND READ, C.B., 1972, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF EAGLE NEST AREA, NEW MEXICO; NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 94.
  • Reserve-Resource:: UNPUBLISHED COMPANY REPORTS
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