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Knight-Stacy

Prospect in Custer 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008352
MRDS ID D000425
MAS/MILS ID 80277001
Record type Site
Current site name Knight-Stacy
Alternate or previous names Grab, Rito Alto, Grey Eagle, Mary Ann, Big Horn

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -105.74, 38.23083 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position EAST SIDE OF RITO ALTO PEAK; 11 MILES FROM HILLSIDE, Within 1 mi. radius.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Electric Peak(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)

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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 046N 011E 16,21,27,22,28 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Molybdite Ore

Analytical data

Result IN VEIN ONE FOOT WIDE MOS2-3.47% AVERAGE MOS2 LESS THAN 1%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Rio Alto Stock;Rio Alto Stock
    Rock description Rio Alto Stock;Rio Alto Stock
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) Minturn and Belden Fms
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form vein

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WORCESTER, 1919, MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS IN COLO.: COLO. G.S. BULL. 14, p. 52-53.

  • Deposit

    HORTON, F.W., 1916, MOLYBDENUM; Its ores and their concentration: U.S.B.M. BULL. 111, pp. 71.

  • Deposit

    Vanderwilt, 1947, Mineral Resources of Colorado: p. 473.

Comments on the references

  • Discussion in Horton is only in the vague sense--not site specific.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1974-07-01 King, Robert U. U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 1995-04-27 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2008-07-21 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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