blocks are approximately in place, having been released by the

weathering of tho granite. Considerablo work has been done on
the ground, but it has been spotty and as a rule does not follow
the deposits sufficiently closely to give a clear picture of

their nature.

In places masses of quartz up to 3 feet 6 inches in

width have beon exposed. One of these has been demonstrated to

have a length of 60 feet and some may be longer, but most of
them appear to be lenses of shorter lengths. Wide showings
pinch to a few inches or disappear in 10 or 15 feet. Most of
the deposits strike between north 60 degrees east and cast,
but there are other quite different trends. The dips are from
30 degrees north to 40 degrees south. An assay of one 2-foot
vein, according to Lay, gave 2.43 per cent molybdenite (1foS,)
or 1.46 molybdenum, The grade mined on a 1,000-ton scale in

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the United States is about 0.5 per cent molybdenun.—
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— Lindgren, Waldemar: Mineral Deposits, p.770.

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Besides the quartz veins the granite itself is
impregnated Wachee yee These impregnations have not
been shown up Se to form any true conception of
their extent, especially as they appear to be very irregular.

In one place where unweathered, possibly silicified, rock is
exposed the bordering granite on one side for 2 to 3 feet is
fairly well impregnated, but to a lesser extent than the veins,
and 10 to 20 feet is very sparsely impregnated.

The veins are mainly quartz with molybdenite in ribbon
structure in the better grades and scattered in the poorer
grades. Similar types of deposits occur in other places on the
Stella property, also 3% miles southwest of Savory s eud elsewhere.

As a rule, however, quartz masses that are common in the granite

appear to be largely barren. The quartz is similar to that in