Wilma Claims

Occurrence in Gilpin county in Colorado, United States with commodity Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090555
MRDS ID D000432
Record type Site
Current site name Wilma Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.55059, 39.86693 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gilpin(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Central City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clear(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Gilpin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 002S 073W 15,21,16 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ferrimolybdite Ore
Molybdenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.55059, 39.86693

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Gilpin

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WORCESTER, 1919, MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS IN COLO.: COLO. G.S. BULL. 14

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1974 King, Robert U. U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 27-APR-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 14-JUN-0007 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.