Mine detail: Liberty Bond Claim

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Location

Lat / long:

38.2664, -105.39751

Resource(M)

Primary:	Molybdenum
Ore:	Molybdenite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	LENSES
Discovery year:	1890

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Migmatitic Gneiss
Host type:	Diabase,Schist,Gneiss,Granite
Associated rock:	Syenite Complex At Democrat Creek
Associated type:	Syenite,Diabase,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Structure:	Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Dead Mule Gulch Fault, Ne-Trending Faults
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Alteration processes:	Altered Biotite Gneiss; Kaolinization

References

MRDS	D009612
DEP	10087778
Reference	{Deposit:: COKER, R. J., 1982, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ARKANSAS CANYON PLANNING UNIT WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE FORMER GRAPE CREEK WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS AND THE MCINTRYE HILLS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA: US BLM MINERAL REPORT,}{Deposit:: TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A., AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COTOPAXI 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, FREMONTAND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-900, 1:62,500.}{Deposit:: WORCHESTER, P.G., 1919, MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS OF COLORADO, WITH GENERAL NOTES ON THE MOLYBDENUM INDUSTRY: CGS BULLETIN 14, P. 57-58.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B. (King, Robert U.)