Liberty Bond Claim

The Liberty Bond Claim is a molybdenum mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,500 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Liberty Bond Claim

Commodity

Primary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Southern Grape Creek Area

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Not available

Workings

Type: Unknown

Ownership

Owner Name: K. L. Eldred And B. F. Young
Home Office: Canon City, Co.
Years: 1919 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1890
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENSES

Structure

Type: R
Description: Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field

Type: L
Description: Dead Mule Gulch Fault, Ne-Trending Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Altered Biotite Gneiss; Kaolinization

Rocks

Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: LESS THAN 0.5% MOS2

Materials

Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Chalcopyrite

Comments

Comment (Workings): SHAFT SUNK ABOUT 1890 ON DIKE; SHAFT NOW CAVED

Comment (Commodity): MOS2 OCCURS AS FLAKES TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER

Comment (Location): ON THE DIVIDE BETWEEN WESTFALL AND GRAPE CREEK GULCHES ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

References

Reference (Deposit): COKER, R. J., 1982, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ARKANSAS CANYON PLANNING UNIT WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE FORMER GRAPE CREEK WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS AND THE MCINTRYE HILLS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA: US BLM MINERAL REPORT,

Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A., AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COTOPAXI 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, FREMONTAND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-900, 1:62,500.

Reference (Deposit): WORCHESTER, P.G., 1919, MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS OF COLORADO, WITH GENERAL NOTES ON THE MOLYBDENUM INDUSTRY: CGS BULLETIN 14, P. 57-58.

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