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Molybdenum in the United States, exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii Molybdenum in the United States, exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii

The accompanying map shows the principal deposits and many minor occurrences of molybdenum in the conterminous United States. Six types are distinguished by shapes of the symbols used, and three size categories indicate the relative importance of the deposits.

(LAC-11) Geologic map of the J. Herschel quadrangle of the moon (LAC-11) Geologic map of the J. Herschel quadrangle of the moon

Lunar surface materials are classed into units on the basis of visual observations and data from telescopic and Lunar Orbiter photographs. Each unit has a distinctive range of physical characteristics, such as topography and albedo (reflectivity under full-Moon illumination), and is considered analogous to a terrestrial rock-stratigraphic formation. These characteristics rather than...
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