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Moose Mine

Past Producer in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018117
MRDS ID DC04849
Record type Site
Current site name Moose Mine
Related records 10289210

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.10477, 39.33749 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position S 1/2, S 1/2 NE 1/4, SW 1/4 NW 1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Platte Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel 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 Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 08S 78W 22 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • Mine is about 4-1/2 miles NW of Alma, on the NE side of Mount Bross, at an elevation of 13,700 feet, in the SW/4 sec. 22, T 8 S, R 78 W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Samples of dump material show grade of 0.03 oz/t gold, 12 oz/t silver. (1980, Sunshine files)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.10477, 39.33749
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Replacement deposits in Leadville limestone beneath a porphyry sill.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Alma District

Comments on the production information

  • The mine is credited with production of at least 5 million oz. of silver or $5 million.
  • In 1980, Silver State Mining Co. was sampling and milling dump material at the Moose Mine that graded 0.03 oz/ton gold and 12 oz/ton silver.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Dump material totals 83,000 tons that contain 1,000,000 oz. silver and 2,500 oz. gold. (1980, Sunshine files)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-2006 Beach, Richard A. Colorado Geological Survey
Reporter 28-MAY-1993 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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