The Mount Aetna Molybdenum Prospect is a molybdenum mine located in Chaffee county, Colorado at an elevation of 12,008 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 12,008 Feet (3,660 Meters)
Commodity: Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 38.5775, -106.31440
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Mount Aetna Molybdenum Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mount Aetna Molybdenum Prospect
Secondary: Monarch Molybdenum Property
Secondary: D & G Mining Property
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Colorado
County: Chaffee
District: Monarch
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: D. And G Mining Co.
Percent: 50.00
Info Year: 1980
Owner Name: Monarch Molybdenum And Resources, 62 W. 4th So, Slc, Utah
Percent: 50.00
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1980
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1962
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Molybdenite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Geology): INITIAL INTEREST WAS CREATED IN AREA BY OUTCROP OF MOLY- BEARING, QTZ-PYRITE VEINS EXPOSED ON THE WEST FRINGE OF HOFFMAN PARK (SEE MAP ON FILE). THESE RANGE UP TO SEVERAL FEET IN WIDTH AND EXTEND AS FAULT-VEINS ALONG A NE-SW TREND FOR SEVERAL TENS TO SEVERAL HUNDRED OF FEET. LEAD, ZINC AND FLUORITE OFTEN ACCOMPANY THE MOLYBDENITE. IN OTHER INSTANCES MOLYBENITE OCCURS IN QTZ-PYRITE STRINGERS AND VEINLETS. PROPYLITIC ALTERATION IS RATHER GENERAL WITH LOCAT INTER- VALS OF MODERATE TO STRONG ARGILLIC AND SERICITIC ALTERATION PARTICULARLY ALONG CRUSHED & MINERALIZED FAULTS AND JOINT SYSTEMS IT IS POSSIBLE THAT PREVAILING, WEAKER PROPYLITIC ALTERA- TION INTERSECTED IN THESE HOLES REPRESENTS THE UPPER FRINGE OF DEEPER SERICITIC AND POTASSIC ALTERATION.
References
Reference (Geology): 1957. 110 PP.
Reference (Geology): CARPENTER, ROBERT H. SUMMARY REPORT ON MONARCH MOLYBDENUM
Reference (Geology): TARGET AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO. CONFIDENTIAL REPT.
Reference (Geology): ON FILE AT IFOC. JUN 3, 1978. 6 PP.
Reference (Geology): DINGS, MC CLELLAND G., AND C. S. ROBINSON. GEOLOGY AND ORE
Reference (Geology): DEPOSITS OF THE GARFIELD QUAD., COLORADO. USGS PP 289.
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