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Molybdite from
Climax Mine, Climax, Climax Mining District, Lake County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Molybdite
Formula:MoO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Ferrimolybdite8 photos of Molybdite associated with Ferrimolybdite at this locality.
Molybdeniteā“˜3 photos of Molybdite associated with Molybdenite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Molybdite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Climax Mine, Climax, Climax Mining District, Lake County, Colorado, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:355627
Long-form Identifier:1:3:355627:6
GUID (UUID V4):f80c78cf-bd56-4199-8c17-72c9071bde05
Nearest other occurrences of Molybdite
44.8km (27.8 miles) ā“˜Hope Mountain Occurrence, Twin Lakes Area, Granite Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
47.9km (29.8 miles) ā“˜Red Mountain Occurrence (Burge Group; Collins; Climax Claim), Twin Lakes Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
85.0km (52.8 miles) ā“˜Lamphere Lakes Occurrence, Quartz Creek Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
____ Molybdenite_____________________________ Colorado ____________________________ New Mexico _____...Railroad Creek near Lake Chelan, Okanogan County, Wash.; B, From a prospect near Lake Tahoe, Calif______________________...porphyry (?) carrying molybdenite along veinlets, Climax, Colo______ _________ III. A, Radial spherule of...Creek Mountains, 4 miles south of Gold Hill, Tooele County, Utah; B, Sericitized quartz porphyry breccia with...(?) in granite, George Fast's mine, near La Trinidad, Sahuaripa district, Sonora, MexicoVII. Ends of radial
Report (issue)
Mendenhall, Director Bulletin 846 C THE CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM DEPOSIT COLORADO BY B. S. BUTLER and J. W. VANDERWILT...____-___-___--______--________ Previous geologic work in the district..______________________________ Page 195 196...map and sections of Climax molybdenum district. In pocket 24. A, Climax district in winter; B, Panorama...Panorama of a part of Mosquito Range including Climax district.._.______-__-___ 198 25. Recrystallized sc...--_---------_222 32. Detailed map of Climax molybdenum district..__________ In pocket 33-37. Cross sections
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ceresco Ridge porphyry molybdenite deposit, Climax, Colorado and a comparison with the Hollister deposit...Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, U.S.A. E....Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, U.S.A. and...of the Ceresco Ore Body in Ceresco Ridge, Climax, Colorado. The deposit contained sufficient pyrite to...of secondary minerals, where observed prior to mining of the ridge, was ferrimolybdite --) jarosite --
Book
k. CLIMAX The History of Colorado's Climax Molybdenum Mine STEPHEN M. VOYNICK Climax The History...History of Colorado's Climax Molybdenum Mine Stephen M. Voynick Mountain Press Publishing Company Missoula...has been made possible by a grant from the Cyprus Climax Metals Company. A portion of the proceeds from...will benefit the National Mining Hall of Fame & Museum, Leadville, Colorado. Publication of this photographs...photographs and illustrations courtesy of the Climax Molybdenum Company unless otherwise noted. All Second
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chalcopyrite (Wright, 1915). 2Hr U.S.N.M.96611\ Santa Niio Mine, Patagonia Mts., 2Ht U.S.N.M. 9749U Santa Cruz Co...about this specimen Harvardunnumbered Kenawyer Mine, King's River Catryon, Fresno Co., Calif. 2Ht ...granite (Horton, 1916,p.62). Harvard 4211 Mono Lake, California 2Ht This particular specimen consists...Tbis specimen is probabiy from the Alpine Mine, south of Lake Tahoe, where molybdenite occurs together...1966). Harvard 107537 311 Drift stope level, Climax, Colorado 2Ht In the ore zone, which forms a dome-shaped
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hashitu . Northeast China Introduction Economic Climax-type porphyry molybdenum deposits are relatively...relatively uncommon and are largely restricted to the Climax, Henderson, Mount Emmons, Silver Cliff, Pine Grove...Grove, Questa, and Mount Hope deposits in the USA and the Nordli deposit in Norway (White et al. 1981)...cupolas (Ludington and Plumlee 2009). Economic Climax-type deposits typically contain between 100 and...between the Hashitu Mo deposit and the wellknown Climax-type Mo deposits, and makes a case for Hashitu
Journal (issue)
Deposit, Nye County, Nevada Wilson D. Michell 99 Geology of the Ropes Gold Mine, Marquette County, Michigan...MARCH-APRIL, 1945 OXIDATION IN A MOLYBDENITE NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. WILSON No. 2 DEPOSIT, D. MICHELL. ABSTRACT...located in the Liberty Mining District about 25 miles north of Tonopah in Nye County, Nevada. The deposit...297-303, 1907; Guild, F. N.: The composition of molybdite from Arizona. Am. Jour. Sci., 4th ser., 23: 455-456... S., and Vanderwilt, J. W.: The Climax molybdenum deposit, Colorado. U.S.G.S., Bull. 846-C, p. 232, 1933;
Report (issue)
due to the waJ8 in the publications relating to mining Mld mĀ·e tallurgic.a l statistics. Labour, health...mine1"als include molybdenite, wulfenite, and molybdite, only the first two of these being of conside...metallic zinc, a deep blue coloā€¢u r is produced. Molybdite, or molybdic ochre, is a hydra.t ed ferric molybda...assoc.iated metallic minerals atfe oxidized, and molybdite is found in this surface zone. Several of the...its Ores and their Concentration ; U.S. Bureau of Mine&, Washington, D.C., Bull. 111, 1916. t Horton, op
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
courtesy of the Climax Molybdenum Company a suite of oxidized molybdenum ores from Climax, Colorado was assembled...particularly desirable to confirm the absenceof molybdite, to obtain more data on the naturb of ferrimolybdite...to natural ferrimolybdite. The yellow mineral of Climax is essentially microcrystalline and consists of...the vicinity of the large caved area above the Climax mine. Presumably the weathering of pyrite and molybdenite...limonite. This study has been supported by the Climax Molybdenum Co., and the courtesy of the company
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MICROSCOPIC INVESTIGATION OF MOLYBDENITE ORE FROM CLIMAX, COLORADO Llovn W. Sraprrs ann Cnanr,ns W. Coor, University...of economic value are very few; the one at Climax, Colorado, being the largest known deposit. A microscopic...deposit. Loc,q.rroNaNo DBvrr,opMENT The camp of the Climax Molybdenum Company is located on the top of the...fifteen miles northeast of Leadville. The town of climax has an altitude of 11,300 feet, and the present...that the principal outcrop of the ore occurs. The Climax region was first prospected becauseof the discovery
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
S I T E : N E W COLORADO M I N E R A L By RICHARD M. PEARL Colorado College. Colorado Springs, Colo. 80903...80903 A new Colorado silver mineral, argentojarosite, has been found in the Leadville area. This mineral...reported in the past only at the Tinctic Standard mine at Dividend, Utah. A recent (1973) reĀ­ port by Alexander...nearness of the world's larĀ­ gest molybdenum mine at Climax-ā€”I was not, however, surprised to find jarosite...ferrimolybdite (formerly called molybdite and molybdic ocher), was first mistaken in the Climax area for a silver mineral
Report (issue)
CIRCULAR 215 URANIUM IN THE METAUMINING DISTRICTS OF COLORADO UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Douglas...SURVEY CIRCULAR 215 URANIUM IN THE METAL-MINING DISTRICTS OF COLORADO By R. U. King, B. F. Leonard, F. B....Washington 25, D. C. URANIUM IN THE METAL-MINING DISTRICTS OF COLORADO By R. U. King, B. F. Leonard, F. B....showing the distribution of uranium deposits in Colorado. Relation of pitchblende deposits to bostonite...bostonite dikes in the Front Range mineral belt, Colorado .......................... Relation of pitchblende
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
S I T E : N E W COLORADO M I N E R A L By RICHARD M. PEARL Colorado College. Colorado Springs, Colo. 80903...80903 A new Colorado silver mineral, argentojarosite, has been found in the Leadville area. This mineral...reported in the past only at the Tinctic Standard mine at Dividend, Utah. A recent (1973) reĀ­ port by Alexander...nearness of the world's larĀ­ gest molybdenum mine at Climax-ā€”I was not, however, surprised to find jarosite...ferrimolybdite (formerly called molybdite and molybdic ocher), was first mistaken in the Climax area for a silver mineral
Report (issue)
Empire. No attempt has been made to give details of mining or metallurgical processes. HARCOURT, Chairman..."ore-bearing zone" 1'ead "ore-bearing zone of the Knaben district," and transpose the paragraph with that following...belonesite (MgMoO,.) and pateraite (CoMoO,.), while molybdite appears to be a hydrated iron molybdate, produced...certain ores, as for example those of the Quyon mine, Quebec, but oil flotation is far more generally...small quantity. It is found in many places in the mining districts of West Cornwall in association with
Book
MINES AND MINERALS OF THE GREAT AMERICAN RIFT (COLORADO-NEW MEXICO) Sine ā€”_ā€”< Ā¢ te om At _SHT 40...MINES AND MINERALS OF THE GREAT AMERICAN RIFT (COLORADO-NEW MEXICO) Richard Walker Holmes and Marrianna...Mines and minerals of the Great American Rift (Colorado-New Mexico). Bibliography: p. Includes index...index. 1. Mines and mineral resourcesā€”Colorado. 2. Mines and mineral resourcesā€”New Mexico. I. Kennedy, Marrianna...enter must be obtained to prevent trespass. Old mine workings are dangerous and entering underground
Report (volume)
Minerals of Colorado: A 100- Year Record By EDWIN B. ECKEL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1 1 14 A...knowledge____________________________________ Future of Colorado mineralogy______________________________________...mineral localities and metallic mineral deposits of Colorado ________________________________ In pocket III...mineral localities and metallic mineral deposits of Colorado, has not been included in this reprint. Many of...especially Fischer and others, 1946). MINERALS OF COLORADO: A 100-YEAR RECORD By EDWIN B. EcKEL ABSTRACT
Report (issue)
Headframe, concentrator and waste dump at the Lacarne mine of Molybdenite Corporation of Canada, Limited (June...information supplied by officials of mining companies and provincial mining departments have enhanced the value...and other economic aspects (by R. J. Jones) World mine production......... .. .............. .. ... . United..... .... ... .... ...... . ... .. .. Beaverlodge Lake area ... .. ... ... ...... ... ...... .... ... ....... ...... .... ... .. . Black Lake area .... .. ... .. . Cree Lake area.. ........... ... ........
Journal (issue)
over, $2.20 per ) America Colorado Gem Co., Bayfield Your Dealer in Colorado Lapidary Equipment Lapidary...Camp Mesa Verde, Colorado Richard M. Pearl, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado THE EARTH SCIENCE...iron deposit, Newfoundland, showing location of mine on Bell Island. A E Ć© 1931 The ā€œGreat Islandā€....and the site of one of the worldā€™s most unus ual mining enterprises. For nearly fifty years hematite, the...Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation. The method of mining is an elab orate one. Equipped with the most modern
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
high-silica, ļ¬‚uorine-rich and peraluminous granitoids (Climax-type, White et al., 1981), while low-grade, calc-alkaline...This formation covers the western part of the ore district and is composed of siliceous detrital rocks and...and quartz monzonite in the middle of the ore district. It contains more hornblende and biotite with...siliceous detrital rocks in the southwest of the district, with rare molybdenite. Granite generally intrudes...hydrothermal veins are observed in the Sharang ore district. Almost all types of rocks in the Sharang complex
Report (volume)
--------------------------- Rowley or Reliance mine, by J. A. ~acKallor_____________ PimaCountY----...claims_______________________________________ Pinal County _________________________ ------- ______ -----__...-----__ Santa Cruz CountY---------------------------------------Santo Ni:iio mine, by D. H. Kupfer__...____ Yavapai CountY----------------------------------------------Copper Basin district _______ ------...--------------__ Commercial mine ______ ------------------------------__ Copper Hill mine __________ --------
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
three subtypes, i.e., collisionor Dabie-, rift- or Climax-, and subduction- or Endako-types. The Mo deposits...the North China Craton, and includes Endakoand Climax-types of porphyry Mo systems, which resulted from...2015). The Dabie-type, in contrast IP to the Climax- and Endako-types, is mainly characterized by crust-sourced...Xingā€™a (Zhang, 2015; Zhang et al., 2013a), or of the Climax-type, such as the Caosiyao AC (Wang et al., 2016a;...GHR to be distinguished only between Endako- and Climax-types (Table 3), considering that the comagmatic
Report (issue)
Survey Denver, Colorado Department of Geology, Denver Museum of Natural History Denver, Colorado NOTE FOR...revision of U.S.G.S. Bulletin 1114, Minerals of Colorado A 100 year record, by Edwin B. Eckel By Donley...Prepared in cooperation with Friends of Mineralogy - Colorado Chaptar, and the Denver Museum of Natural History...references dealing with the mineralogy of the state of Colorado. It is part of a more than 10 year effort to update...and revise U.S.G.S. Bulletin 1114, Minerals of Colorado: A 100 year record, by Edwin B. Eckel (1961).
Report (issue)
COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BOULDER R. D. GEOqGE, State Geologi.t BULLETIN 22 MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE...oozi5137 EAME"S BROS, STATE PRINTERS FOR COLORADO DENVER. COLORADO GEOLOGICAL B O A R D His Excellency...Shoup George Norlin Governor of Colorado President University of Colorado Victor C. Aldersox.. Charles...TRANSMITTAL State Geological Survey, Uxiversity of Colorado, October 28, 1920. Governor Oliver H. Shoup. Chairman...honor to transmit herewith Bulletin 22 of the Colorado Geological Survey. Very respectfully, R. D. George
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
paper is an attempt to list the mineralsof one district only, classifyingthem in a seriesof parageneticgroups...interestbecauseof the wealth of mineralsknown from this district, the rarity of many of the mineralsoccurringhere...becausegeologicconditionsare such as to make this district a mineralogical entity, differentiated sharplyfrom...Meneghinite ................. Microcline ......... Molybdite ....... Molybdenite ...... :ā€¢onaziā€¢e ..........There are alsoa seriesof quartzoseveinsin the district which on accountof their geologicrelationshipas
Journal (issue)
Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New York COLORADO ISSUE #2 Articles Colorado locality index.............................. 323 by B. L. Muntyan Whatā€™s new in Colorado minerals? ...................................... Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine ..................................................339 by M. I. Jacobson The San Juan Mountains of Colorado ..................................349 by J. A...10 cm tall, from the Yucca Hill claim, Park County, Colorado. Richard A. Kosnar specimen; photo by John
 
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