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Salamander & Blue Valley

Occurrence in Summit 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008370
MRDS ID D000467
Record type Site
Current site name Salamander & Blue Valley
Alternate or previous names Salamander

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.07977, 39.38305 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Breckenridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blue(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

White River National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 008S 078W 02 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE WERE APPROXIMATED USING BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT'S GGWL (GEOGRAPHIC WELL LOCATOR) PROGRAM FOR THE FOOTAGE CALL: T08S R78W SECTION 02, 2640 FT N, 2640 FT E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ferrimolybdite Ore
Molybdenite Ore

Analytical data

Result MOS2 = 4.35%

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.07977, 39.38305
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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 Upper Blue River

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KING, R.U., (UNPUB. DATA)

  • Deposit

    HORTON, FREDERICK W., 1916, MOLYBDENUM; ITS ORES AND THEIR CONCENTRATION: U.S.BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 111, P. 67, 68.

  • Deposit

    VOEGELI, PAUL T., SR., AND KING, ROBERT U., 1969, OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF MOLYBDENUM IN THE SURFACE WATER OF COLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 1535-N.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD DUPLICATED MRDS # DC04031. THE TWO RECORDS WERE COMBINED AND RECORD # DC04031 WAS DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1974 King, Robert U., Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1991 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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