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Unnamed Molybdenum Occurrence

Occurrence in Douglas county in Colorado, United States with commodity Molybdenum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013983
MRDS ID D010565
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Molybdenum Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.20001, 39.16528 (WGS84)
Elevation 2652
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 6.4 MILES S13E FROM DECKERS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Westcreek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bailey(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper South Platte(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 010S 070W 22,23 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON OR AROUND THUNDER BUTTE ONE TO TWO MILES NW OF WESTCREEK. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR COMMON QUARTER CORNER. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Rock unit name Pikes Peak Granite;Pikes Peak Batholith And Associated Plutons--Syenite
    Rock description Pikes Peak Granite;Pikes Peak Batholith And Associated Plutons--Syenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Rock unit name Pikes Peak Granite;Pikes Peak Batholith And Associated Plutons--Syenite
    Rock description Pikes Peak Granite;Pikes Peak Batholith And Associated Plutons--Syenite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.20001, 39.16528
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Sugarloaf Syenite Pluton, Unnamed Nw-Trending Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Deckers Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRYANT, BRUCE, AND OTHERS, 1981, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DENVER 1X2 QUA DRANGLE, NORTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1163.

  • Deposit

    ORIGINAL CRIB RECORD BY R.U. KING (FROM UNPUB. DATA)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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