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Mossback Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Semiprecious Gemstone, Quartz, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027927
MRDS ID M004529
Record type Site
Current site name Mossback Mine
Alternate or previous names 5 Claims-- Mossback, Mossback Extension, Alice B., Gladys, Ida
Related records 10234386

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.40942, 35.09669 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Relative position 5 MILES NW OF OATMAN; ABOUT 0.7 MILES ESE OF FINGER BUTTE.

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 020N 020W 28 N2 OF NE4 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Semiprecious Gemstone Secondary
Quartz Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result $6 TO $2,000 PER TON AU ( 1909

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Moss Porphyry;Oatman Andesite
    Rock description Moss Porphyry;Oatman Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.40942, 35.09669
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nnw To Wnw Trending Vein And Fault System In Tert Volcanic Rocks
Type of structure Local
Structure description Sheeting In Country Rock N 80 E

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 W
    Dip 80 SW
    Length 804.65M
    Width 27.43M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Best Ore Is Associated With Silicified Areas

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: RHYOLITE IS PARTLY MINERALIZED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1863
Discoverer Garry Mining Co, Located Mine Os The Blanco Ledge
Production years 1933 - 1935

Mining district

District name San Francisco District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sutton Resources Ltd.
    Home office Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
    First year 1986

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 243.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENT IS BY AN 800 FT SHAFT; THERE ARE ALSO NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS, SHALLOW SHAFTS AND TUNNELS.

Comments on development

  • PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE CHARLES H. BURLOCK, MOSSBACK MINING CO., REILL, TRAPSHOOTER, M.B. LAUZON, EMPIRE CONSOLIDATED GOLD MINING CO., MOSSBACK EXTENSION MINING, L.E. DALY. 1984-1986: SUTTON CONDUCTED 20 HOLE DRILLING PROJECT TO EVALUATE A POTENTIAL BULK TONNAGE AREA AND TESTED 2 VEINS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARDNER, E.D., 1936, GOLD MINING AND MILLING IN THE BLACK MOUNTAINS, WESTERN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 6901, P. 33.

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1909, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND THE GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 397, P. 169.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137, P. 98.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Deposit

    NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    U.S.B.M. I.C. 6901, P. 33.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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