Moss Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10283880
MRDS ID M004525
MAS/MILS ID 0040150220
Record type Site
Current site name Moss Mine
Related records 10027926

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.44751, 35.09972 (WGS84)
Elevation 658
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oatman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Havasu-Mohave Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020 N 020 W 19 NWSWSE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chrysocolla Unknown
Gold Unknown
Marcasite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Wulfenite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.44751, 35.09972

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80W
    Dip 70S
    Thickness 67M
    Length 1609M
    Width 30M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Strike And Dip N80W:70S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 910917

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1864
Year of first production 1864

Mining district

District name San Francisco District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lloyd Moss
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1974

Production statistics

  • Year 1909
    Period -1909
    Description $500,000 Prior To 1909.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    NIEMUTH, N.J. ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986. AZ

  • Reserve-Resource

    DEP. MINES AND MINER. RESOUR., REP. D-29(87), 1987, 46 PP.

  • Deposit

    USGS 7 1/2 OATMAN MAP

  • Deposit

    HOUSEHOLDER MAP (ADMR)

  • Deposit

    BLM DISTRICT MAP

  • Deposit

    ARIZ.DEPT.MINERAL RES. MOHAVE CARD FILE

  • Deposit

    RANSOME,F.L.,USGS BULL.743,P46-48

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER,F.C.,USGS BULL 397,P170-172,43

  • Deposit

    ADMR MOSS MINE-MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    CUNNINGHAM&BUTLER,AZBM BULL 137,P94

  • Deposit

    LAUSEN,C,AZBM BULL 131,P113-115,9,12,44-45,52,60,74,84-85,

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER,F.C.,AIME TRANS.,1917,P208,226

  • Deposit

    GARDNER,E.D.,IC6901,P39

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINING DISTRICT IS ALSO KNOWN AS OATMAN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-SEP-91 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.