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Moffat Tunnel

Past Producer in Teller county in Colorado, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10305628
MAS/MILS ID 0081190523
Record type Site
Current site name Moffat Tunnel
Alternate or previous names Ophelia Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.17307, 38.73306 (WGS84)
Elevation 2926
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position Within 250 Meters

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Teller(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cripple Creek South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Teller

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 015 S 070 W 24 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • About 1 mile south of Cripple Creek (center of town), on the east side of Cripple Creek (stream), near the center of sec. 24, T 15 S, R 70 W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.17307, 38.73306
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cripple Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Yellow Gold Of Cripple Creek, Inc.
    ID 503299
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1980

Comments on the workings information

  • A 2-mile-long tunnel driven east under Gold Hill to access several mines.

Comments on development

  • Yellow Gold of Cripple Creek, Inc., proposed to use the tunnel to access its Ritttenhouse prospect about 1980. (Sunshine files)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-FEB-84 Mils-Rdm U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 18-APR-06 Beach, Richard A. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 04/28/1992
MSHA mine ID0503299
Mine name (MSHA)MOFFAT TUNNEL
Current operatorYellow Gold Of Cripple Creek Inc
Current controller (parent)Dager Charles A
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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