REF:Deposit:: LINDQUIST, A.E., 1977, METALLIC AND COAL RESOURCES, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CHAMA-SOUTHERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, MINERAL, RIO GRANDE, ARCHULETA, AND CONEJOS COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT. 77-309.
Deposit:: LIP
Commodities (Trace) - Molybdenum, Lead, Silver, Copper
Development Status: Occurrence
Deposit Model: 85: Polymetallic veins
Host Rock Unit: Intrusive Rocks--Andesite Porphyry
Structure: San Juan Volcanic Field, Platoro Caldera, Unnamed Fault, Quartz Creek Anticline, Crater Creek Stock
Host Rock: Sedimentary Breccia, Conglomerate, Andesite, Rhyodacite, Mixed Clastic/Volcanic Rock
Tectonic Structure: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

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Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.

Mineral List

ⓘ Molybdenite

ⓘ Pyrite

2 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

Note: data is currently VERY limited. Please bear with us while we work towards adding this information!

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Alphabetical List Tree Diagram

ⓘ Andesite

ⓘ Conglomerate

ⓘ Rhyodacite

ⓘ Sedimentary breccia

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Molybdenite

Formula: MoS₂

References:

(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.

ⓘ Pyrite

Formula: FeS₂

References:

(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘ	Molybdenite	2.EA.30	MoS₂
ⓘ	Pyrite	2.EB.05a	FeS₂

List of minerals for each chemical element

S	Sulfur
S	ⓘ Molybdenite	MoS₂
S	ⓘ Pyrite	FeS₂
Fe	Iron
Fe	ⓘ Pyrite	FeS₂
Mo	Molybdenum
Mo	ⓘ Molybdenite	MoS₂

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

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Rocky MountainsMountain Range

North America PlateTectonic Plate

Great Plains DomainDomain
Southern Rocky MountainsOrogenic Belt

USA

San Juan MountainsMountain Range

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