Moscow Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Sulfur, Iron
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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010741
MRDS ID D004681
Record type Site
Current site name Moscow Mine
Alternate or previous names Old Moscow/New Moscow
Related records 10153903

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.15108, 38.34329 (WGS84)
Elevation 1987
Relative position 8 MILES SW OF MILFORD, 0.32 MILES NW OF USMM #3

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 028S 011W 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4, NE 1/4, SW 1/4, SEC 25.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Sulfur Secondary
Iron Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINED FOR LEAD-SILVER ORE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Hemimorphite Ore
Malachite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Hedenbergite Gangue
Wollastonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Recrystallization, Bleached, Mylonite

Analytical data

Result METAL CONTENT OF ORE AVG. 20% PB, 20-25 OZ AG. 2-5% CU, 40?/ST IN AU, 30% S, 15% ZN, 22% F

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Gillmete Formation (Principal Host);Mowitza Formation;Monte Cristo Limestone;Callville Limestone
    Rock description Gillmete Formation (Principal Host);Mowitza Formation;Monte Cristo Limestone;Callville Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.15108, 38.34329

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range Colorado Plateau Transition
Type of structure Local
Structure description Star Range Eastward Dipping Homocline, Maybe Part Of Upper Thrust Plate

Ore body information

  • General form PIPES, "CHIMNEY-LIKE" TABULAR
    Thickness 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures, Location In Respect To Intrusion Host

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865
Year of first production 1905

Mining district

District name Star

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Moscow Silver Mines Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1944
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 823.2mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 7897.98M
    Overall depth 487.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD MOSCOW SHAFT=200 FT DEEP, BURNING MOSCOW SHAFT=500 FT DEEP, NEW MOSCOW SHAFT 1000 FT DEEP, 25912 FT DRIFTS, 1433 FT WINZES, 7927 FT RAISES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: GENERAL REF. #1

  • Deposit

    ABOU-ZIED, S., AND WHELAN, J.A., 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE, STAR DIST, BEAVER CO. UT: UT GEOL & MIN SURVEY SPEC. STUDY 46

  • Deposit

    BAER, J.L., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: B.Y.U. GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 9, PT. 2, P.29-52.

  • Deposit

    BAER, J.L., 1973, SUMMARY OF THE STRATAGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. ASSOC. PUBL. NO. 3 P. 6

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT. NO. 22

  • Deposit

    1913 GEOLMAP BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #80

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #111

  • Deposit

    1962 GEOLMAP BAER, J.L., B.Y.U. GEOL. STUDIES V.9

  • Deposit

    1963 COMPILE HEYL, A.V., USGS BULL 1135-B

  • Deposit

    BAETCKE, G.B., 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIV. OF UT. P.HD. THESIS.

  • Deposit

    1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL. #3

  • Deposit

    1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES #46

  • Production

    USBM MINERALS YEARBOOKS 1905-1950.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRAB SAMPLE OF SMITHSONITE ORE FROM DUMP 1963: AU=0.01 OZ/ST, AG=1.5 OZ/ST, PB=2.2%, ZN=37.8%, FOR MORE ASSAYS SEE GENERAL REF #1
Deposit Discovery Year: 1860'S
Deposit SHAFTS, STOPES, INCLINES, WINZES, RAISES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management
Updater 01-JUL-1985 Shubat, Michael A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references