Commodities
PrimaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsMolybdenite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGneiss,Monzonite · Apex quartz monzonite porphyry
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10107801
MRDS IDD002363
Alternate namesWilma Mine and claims, Nye Mathews Mining Co., Inc., Gray Eagle claim(?), Nye Metals, Inc.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.8686, -105.54837
References
SIMS, PK; USGS MAP GQ267Worcester, P. G., 1919, Molybdenum deposits of Colorado: Colorado Geological Survey Bulletin 14, 131 p.U.S. Geological Survey, 1964, Mineral and water resources of Colorado: U.S. Congress, 88th, 2nd Session, Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, committee print, 302 p.DMEA RECORDS; DMEA 4490, OME 6231U.S. Bureau of Mines, various years, The mineral industry of Colorado: U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Yearbook.