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Moore's Property

Past Producer in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodity 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012904
MRDS ID D008911
Record type Site
Current site name Moore's Property

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -105.22279, 38.1939 (WGS84)
Elevation 2804
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 14 MILES N71E FROM WESTCLIFFE, on patented claim from topo

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hardscrabble Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(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)

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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 021S 070W 28 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1963 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Extensive Oxidation

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 30
USGS model code 11d
Deposit model name Thorium-rare-earth veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Undivided Gneiss
    Rock description Undivided Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -105.22279, 38.1939
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wet Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ilse Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/Shear Zone; Ilse Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895
Year of last production 1908

Mining district

District name Oak Creek (Ilse) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mc Kenzie, A. D.
    Home office Greenwood, Co.
    First year 1915

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1908 THE PROPERTY SHIPPED A SMALL LOAD THAT RAN 63% PB

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.002HA
    Length 27.43M
    Overall depth 15.24M
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 1.52M

Comments on the workings information

  • 40 FT SHAFT, 50 FT TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTER, J.F., 1915, SOME CERUSITE DEPOSITS IN CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY: USGS BULLETIN 580, P. 25-37

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEGREE X 2 DEGREES QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY ON SAME ORE ZONE AS HIGH KICKER MINE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-82 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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