Mine detail: Cave Peak Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

31.4435, -104.87968

Resource(B)

Primary:	Molybdenum
Secondary:	Tungsten, Tin, Copper, Niobium (Columbium), Beryllium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Silver
Ore:	Antimony, Cassiterite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Ferrimolybdite, Goethite, Huebnerite, Ilsemannite, Jarosite, Lepidocrocite, Malachite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Powellite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Wolframite
Gangue:	Biotite, Fluorite, Ilmenite, Quartz, Rutile
Orebody form:	PIPE

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Alteration processes:	Biotization, Silicification (Inner And Outer Zones), Argillization; Some Contact Metamorphism Of Surrounding Permian Dolomites And Shales

References

MRDS	W701389
DEP	10085753
Reference	{Deposit:: PRICE, J. G., HENRY, C. D., AND STANDEN, A. R., 1983, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN TRANS-PECOS TEXAS: BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (TEXAS), MINERAL RESOURCE CIRCULAR NO. 73, 108 P.}{Deposit:: SHARP, J.E., 1979, CAVE PEAK, A MOLYBDENUM-MINERALIZED BRECCIA PIPE COMPLEX IN CULBERSON COUNTY, TEXAS: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 74, P. 517-534.}{Deposit:: WARNER, L., ET AL, 1959, OCCURRENCE OF NON-PEGMATITIC BERYLLIUM IN THE U.S.: USGS PP 318}{Deposit:: REGIONAL GEOLOGY MAPPED BY P.B. KING}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: USGS OFR 92-002, P. 17.}
Reporter	Paidakovich, Matthew E., Long, Keith R.