Mine detail: Questa Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 36.71671, -105.51724

Resource(M)

Primary: Molybdenum
Ore: Molybdenite
Orebody form: VARIOUS ORE SHELLS
Discovery year: 1916

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1923

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite,Andesite,Granite
Associated type:Rhyolite,Andesite,Granite
Structure:South Margin Of Questa Caldera, Rio Grande Rift
Tectonic:Post-Subduction Extension
Alteration processes:K-Feldspar, Biotite

References

MRDSW700997
DEP10085408
Reference{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OF EAGLE NEST AREA, NEW MEXICO; NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 94.}{Reserve-Resource:: UNPUBLISHED COMPANY REPORTS}
ReporterLudington, Steve L.