Old Moscow

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010361
MRDS ID D003974
Record type Site
Current site name Old Moscow

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.14413, 38.34524 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Picacho Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 012W 028S 25 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Argillic Alteration

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.14413, 38.34524

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mowitza Shale

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Star

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • COMMERCIAL QUANTITIES OF FLUORITE LACKING, OTHER MINERALS "MINED OUT."

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK ( 1976 ), BUTLER ( 1913 ).

  • Deposit

    BUTLER ( 1920 ).

  • Deposit

    THURSTON ( 1954 ).

  • Deposit

    WHELAN ( 1973 ).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Steven, T. A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references