Mine detail: Cave Peak Molybdenum Deposit

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Location

Lat / long:

31.45236, -104.87771

Resource(M)

Primary:	Molybdenum
Secondary:	Copper, Tungsten
Tertiary:	Tin
Other material:	Biotite, Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Goethite, Huebnerite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Powellite, Quartz, Wulfenite
Discovery year:	1940

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

References

MRDS	W701389
MAS	481090006
DEP	10178355
Reference	{Geology:: KING, PHILIP. GEOLOGY OF THE SIERRA DIABLO REGION, TEXAS.}{Geology:: USGS PP 480, 1965, 185 PP.}{Geology:: SHARP, JAMES E., CAVE PEAK, A MOLYBDENUM-MINERALIZED}{Geology:: BRECCIA PIPE COMPLEX IN CULBERTSON COUNTY, TEXAS. ECON.}{Geology:: GEOL. V. 74, N. 3, MAY 1979, PP. 517-534.}{Reserve-Resource:: RESERVES GIVEN BY JAMES SHARP, PROJECT GEOLOGIST, DRACO}{Reserve-Resource:: MINES, IN JUL 27 AT AIME INTERMOUNTAIN SESSION, VAIL,}{Reserve-Resource:: COLORADO, JULY 25-28, 1979.}
Reporter	Hite, Alan G.