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Just before the First World War it was discovered that the addition of the rare metal molybdenum could form an alloy steel with superior properties for toolmaking. For many years the world’s supply came largely from this deposit. It is one of the most important deposits in the famous ‘Colorado Mineral Belt’, and in many respects resembles a ‘porphyry copper’ deposit, many of which also contain molybdenite. Climax was the home mine of a company of the same name, which was one of the partners of the merger that formed the international mining and metallurgical corporation, AMAX.
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Wallace, S. R. et. al., (1968), Multiple Intrusion and Mineralization at Climax, Colorado. In: Ore Deposits of the United States, 1933–1967. ( Ridge, J. D. ed.), pp. 606–40. American Inst. Min. Met. Pet. Eng., New York. [Probably the best modern description, with good bibliography.]
Clark, K. F. (1972), Stockwork Molybdenum Deposits in the Western Cordillera of North America. Econ. Geol., 67, 731–58. [Comprehensive discussion of the type of deposit with a very full bibliography.]
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Dixon, C.J. (1979). The Climax Molybdenum Deposit — U.S.A.. In: Atlas of Economic Mineral Deposits. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6511-2_39
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