Liberty Bond Claim

Occurrence in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodity Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087778
MRDS ID D009612
Record type Site
Current site name Liberty Bond Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.39751, 38.2664 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Relative position 14.7 MILES S 47 W OF CANON CITY POST OFFICE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iron Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 020S 072W 35 CENTER OF SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE DIVIDE BETWEEN WESTFALL AND GRAPE CREEK GULCHES ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MOS2 OCCURS AS FLAKES TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Altered Biotite Gneiss; Kaolinization

Analytical data

Result LESS THAN 0.5% MOS2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Rock unit name Syenite Complex At Democrat Creek
    Rock description Syenite Complex At Democrat Creek
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Migmatitic Gneiss
    Rock description Migmatitic Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.39751, 38.2664

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field
Type of structure Local
Structure description Dead Mule Gulch Fault, Ne-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N 10 W
    Dip 85 N 80 E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Fault Intersections; Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1890

Mining district

District name Southern Grape Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner K. L. Eldred And B. F. Young
    Home office Canon City, Co.
    First year 1919

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT SUNK ABOUT 1890 ON DIKE; SHAFT NOW CAVED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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 information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1982 Collins, Donna B. (King, Robert U.) Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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