Mine detail: Nye Molybdenum Mine

Previously called 'Wilma Mine and claimsNye Mathews Mining Co., Inc.Gray Eagle claim(?)Nye Metals, Inc.'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.8686, -105.54837

Resource(M)

Primary: Molybdenum
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Pyrite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Apex quartz monzonite porphyry
Host type:Gneiss,Monzonite

References

MRDSD002363
DEP10107801
Reference{Deposit:: SIMS, PK; USGS MAP GQ267}{Deposit:: Worcester, P. G., 1919, Molybdenum deposits of Colorado: Colorado Geological Survey Bulletin 14, 131 p.}{Deposit:: 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.}{Deposit:: DMEA RECORDS; DMEA 4490, OME 6231}{Production:: U.S. Bureau of Mines, various years, The mineral industry of Colorado: U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Yearbook.}
ReporterConservation Division Files, King, Robert U., Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC), Beach, Richard A., Hasler, J. William, Melton, Greg