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Red Mountain

Occurrence in Chaffee 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090550
MRDS ID D000413
Record type Site
Current site name Red Mountain
Alternate or previous names Burge Group, Collins, Climax Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.51728, 39.03332 (WGS84)
Relative position ON HOPE MTN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Independence Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(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)

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 Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 012S 082W 11 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Molybdite Ore

Analytical data

Result MOLYBDENUM LODE-2.5% MOS2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.51728, 39.03332
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Twin Lakes Dist.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOWELL, J., 1919, THE TWIN LAKES DISTRICT OF COLO.: COLO. G.S. BULL. 17

  • Deposit

    WORCESTER, 1919, MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS OF COLO: COLO. G.S. BULL. 14

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1974 King, Robert U. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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