Structure: Deposit In Upper Plate Of Roberts Mtn Thrust

Alteration: Country Rocks Pyrometa Somatized To Horntels And Calc-Silicate Skarn, Adjacent To Tenabo Stock.

Deposit: Seams of molybdenite along joint planes the original workings completed in the early 1900's consist of a 250 foot deep shaft and subsidary drifts and crosscuts.

Development: Original workings in the early 1900's consisted of a 250-ft shaft, and subsidiary drifts and crosscuts.

Geology: The siliceous country rocks contain small seams of molybdenite along joint planes (emmons 1910)

Rock formation(s): Valmy Formation

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ⓘ Gold

ⓘ Molybdenum

ⓘ Silver

Mineral List

ⓘ Molybdenite

1 valid mineral.

Rock Types Recorded

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Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Molybdenite

Formula: MoS₂

References:

Schilling, John H. (1979) Molybdenum resources of Nevada. Open-File Report 1979-03. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Castor, Stephen B., Ferdock, Gregory C. (2004) Minerals of Nevada. Special Publication 31. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

(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

List of minerals for each chemical element

S	Sulfur
S	ⓘ Molybdenite	MoS₂
Mo	Molybdenum
Mo	ⓘ Molybdenite	MoS₂

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Link to USGS MRDS:	10044861

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