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Holy Moses Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012317
MRDS ID D007875
Record type Site
Current site name Holy Moses Mine
Related records 10288036

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.91895, 37.8889 (WGS84)
Elevation 3164
Relative position 2.5 MILES N 10 E FROM CREEDE (B.M. 8853 AT NORTH END OF TOWN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Luis Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Del Norte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rio Grande National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 042N 001E 18 SE OF SW OF NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • S-T-R, LAT-LONG, AND ELEV DETERMINED FROM EMMONS AND LARSEN'S (1923) TOPO MAP (1:24,000). MINE OR CLAIM LIES ABOVE E. WILLOW CR. ON EAST SIDE OF CAMPBELL MTN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Willow Creek Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite;Campbell Mtn. Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite
    Rock description Willow Cr. Mbr. Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite;Campbell Mtn. Mbr. Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Willow Creek Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite;Campbell Mtn. Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite
    Rock description Willow Cr. Mbr. Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite;Campbell Mtn. Mbr. Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.91895, 37.8889
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Volcanic Field; La Garita, Creede, And Bachelor Calderas
Type of structure Local
Structure description Solomon-Holy Moses Fault Zone; Creede Graben

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCK IN NO. 2 TUNNEL IS WILLOW CR. MBR.; HOST ROCK IN NO. 1 TUNNEL IS CAMPBELL MTN. MBR.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1889
Discoverer N.C. Creede, E.R. Naylor, G.L. Smith
Year of first production 1892

Mining district

District name Creede District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner King Solomon Mining Co.
    First year 1912

Comments on the workings information

  • ACCESSIBLE PORTION OF HOLY MOSES NO. 2 LEVEL INCLUDES 1100-FT TUNNEL DRIVEN WEST, 1130 FT OF DRIFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HIGH-GRADE AG ORE MINED FROM UPPER NEAR-SURFACE WORKING IN EARLY 1890S, BUT LATER DEVELOPMENT AT DEEPER LEVELS REVEALED ONLY HIGHLY OXIDIZED PB-ZN ORE IN CLAYEY MATRIX AROUND BRECCIA FRAGMENTS OR FILLING ANASTOMOSING FRACTURES ALONG BRAIDED VEIN ZONE. MINERALIZED ZONES IN HOLY MOSES NO. 2 LEVEL STRIKE APPROX. N-S AND DIP 60 TO 65 W. OXIDIZED ORE ZONE CONTAINS SOME UNOXIDIZED GALENA NODULES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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