The Moose Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Park county, Colorado.
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Moose Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Moose Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Colorado
County: Park
District: Alma District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): In 1980, Silver State Mining Co. was sampling and milling dump material at the Moose Mine that graded 0.03 oz/ton gold and 12 oz/ton silver.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): Dump material totals 83,000 tons that contain 1,000,000 oz. silver and 2,500 oz. gold. (1980, Sunshine files)
Comment (Commodity): Samples of dump material show grade of 0.03 oz/t gold, 12 oz/t silver. (1980, Sunshine files)
Comment (Geology): Replacement deposits in Leadville limestone beneath a porphyry sill.
Comment (Location): Mine is about 4-1/2 miles NW of Alma, on the NE side of Mount Bross, at an elevation of 13,700 feet, in the SW/4 sec. 22, T 8 S, R 78 W.
Comment (Production): The mine is credited with production of at least 5 million oz. of silver or $5 million.
References
Reference (Deposit): MINERALS PROPERTY FILE
Reference (Deposit): Patton, H. B., Hoskin, A. J., and Butler, G. M., 1912, Geology and ore deposits of the Alma district, Park County, Colorado: Colorado Geological Survey Bulletin 3, 284 p.
Reference (Deposit): Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.
Reference (Deposit): Widmann, B.L., Bartos, P.J., Madole, R.F., Barba, K.E., and Moll, M.E., 2004, Geologic map of the Alma quadrangle, Park and Summit counties, Colorado: Colorado Geological Survey Open-File Report 04-3, CD-ROM.
Reference (Deposit): DMEA RECORDS
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,64
Reference (Deposit): MINE MAP REPO #403510 #404930
Reference (Deposit): BLM CONNECTING SHEETS
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