Fremont Pass is a 11,318-foot (3,450 m) mountain pass in central Colorado, in the Rocky Mountains of the western United States.
Fremont Pass and the Climax mine
View from Fremont Pass, May 2009
Fremont pass sign
The Climax mine, located in Climax, Colorado, United States, is a major molybdenum mine in Lake and Summit counties, Colorado. Shipments from the mine began in 1915. At its highest output, the Climax mine was the largest molybdenum mine in the world, and for many years it supplied three quarters of the world's supply of molybdenum.
Climax Mine, 2007
The Climax mine straddles the continental divide at Fremont Pass
Molybdenum ore, Climax mine (5.3 cm across at its base). Molybdenite-quartz veins in alkaline granite. Dark silvery gray = molybdenite (MoS2).. Medium gray = quartz. Light colored areas = alkaline granite.
Rhodochrosite on a Quartz "spear", from Climax mine