Pafupifupi molybdenum zomwe zili m'nthaka ya Dziko lapansi ndi pafupifupi 0.00011%. Pafupifupi mitundu 20 ya mchere wa molybdenum yapezeka, yomwe molybdenite ndiye wofunika kwambiri m'mafakitale, kutsatiridwa ndi tungsten-phase calcium ore, iron platinum ore, molybdenite, ndi platinamu{4}}copper ore. Malinga ndi deta yomwe idatulutsidwa ndi United States Geological Survey mu 2015, malo osungiramo molybdenum padziko lonse lapansi ndi pafupifupi matani 11 miliyoni, omwe ali ndi matani pafupifupi 19.4 miliyoni.
Kugawa Kwachigawo
Zinthu zapadziko lapansi za molybdenum zimakhazikika m'mphepete mwakum'mawa kwa Pacific Basin, ku Andes, kuyambira ku Alaska ndi British Columbia kudutsa United States ndi Mexico mpaka ku Chile. Odziwika kwambiri ndi mapiri a Cordillera ku America, omwe amakhala ndi porphyry molybdenum ndi ma depositi amkuwa. Izi zikuphatikiza ma depositi a Clemensk ndi Henderson porphyry molybdenum ku United States; ma depositi a El Teniente, Chuquicamata, El Salvador, ndi Tespidarca porphyry{2}}molybdenum ku Chile; ndi ma depositi a Endaco ndi Highland Valley porphyry copper-molybdenum ku Canada. China ilinso ndi nkhokwe zambiri za molybdenum, ndipo zigawo za Henan, Shaanxi, ndi Jilin zomwe zimawerengera 56.5% ya dziko lonse.
Kugawa Kwadziko
Malinga ndi zomwe bungwe la US Geological Survey linatulutsa mu 2015, molybdenum ili ndi matani pafupifupi 11 miliyoni. China ndi dziko lolemera kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi chifukwa cha chuma cha molybdenum, matani 4.3 miliyoni, kutsatiridwa ndi United States (matani 2.7 miliyoni) ndi Chile (matani 1.8 miliyoni). Pamodzi, mayiko atatuwa amawerengera pafupifupi 80% ya chiwonkhetso chapadziko lonse lapansi. Mayiko ena omwe ali ndi chuma chochuluka cha molybdenum akuphatikizapo Peru (matani 450,000), Canada (matani 260,000), Russia (matani 250,000), Australia (matani 200,000), Mongolia (matani 160,000), Armenia (matani 150,000), Mexico (130,000) mpaka matani 130,000 Kyrgyzstan (matani 100,000), Turkey (matani 100,000), Uzbekistan (matani 60,000), ndi Iran (matani 50,000). Kugawa ku China
China ndi amodzi mwa mayiko omwe ali ndi chuma chambiri cha molybdenum padziko lapansi. Malinga ndi zomwe zatulutsidwa ndi Unduna wa Malo ndi Zachuma, pofika kumapeto kwa 2013, nkhokwe zotsimikizika za molybdenum zaku China zinali matani 26.202 miliyoni (zachitsulo). Mu 2014, nkhokwe za ku China zotsimikiziridwa za molybdenum zidakwera ndi matani 1.066 miliyoni (zachitsulo), zomwe zidabweretsa matani 27.268 miliyoni (zachitsulo). Komanso, kuyambira mu 2011, dziko la China lapeza ndalama zitatu zatsopano zokwana 2-zokwana matani 2 miliyoni a molybdenum, kuphatikizapo imodzi ku Shapinggou, m'chigawo cha Anhui, zomwe zikulimbitsa udindo wake monga dziko lalikulu kwambiri padziko lonse la molybdenum.
