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Mosca Pass Prospect

Occurrence in Huerfano 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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10016945
MRDS ID DC02488
Record type Site
Current site name Mosca Pass Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.45224, 37.7353 (WGS84)
Elevation 2963
Relative position ABOUT 300 YD NE OF MOSCA PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Huerfano(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mosca Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanca Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trinidad(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Huerfano(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(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 Huerfano

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 027S 72W 04 NW OF NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Alaskitic Granite Gneiss, Hornblende Gneiss, And Aphibolite
    Rock description Alaskitic Granite Gneiss, Hornblende Gneiss, And Aphibolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.45224, 37.7353
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sierra Blanca Massif

Ore body information

  • Strike VEIN N27W
    Dip 90
    Thickness 0.25M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SMALL OPENINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WORCESTER, P.G., 1919, MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS OF COLORADO WITH GENERAL NOTES ON THE MOLYBDENUM INDUSTRY: CGS BULL. 14, P. 68

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN CONTAINED IN PEGMATITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1972 Unknown Unknown
Updater 01-MAY-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 09-MAY-2005 Keller, John W. Colorado Geological Survey

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