The Moss Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,159 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 2,159 Feet (658 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 35.0997, -114.44670
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Moss Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Moss Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: San Francisco District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Lloyd Moss
Home Office: Arizona
Info Year: 1974
Production
Year: 1909
Time Period: -1909
Description: $500,000 Prior To 1909.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1864
Discovery Year: 1864
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Chalcocite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Chrysocolla
Unknown: Marcasite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Wulfenite
Unknown: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE MINING DISTRICT IS ALSO KNOWN AS OATMAN.
References
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ.DEPT.MINERAL RES. MOHAVE CARD FILE
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME,F.L.,USGS BULL.743,P46-48
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DEP. MINES AND MINER. RESOUR., REP. D-29(87), 1987, 46 PP.
Reference (Deposit): USGS 7 1/2 OATMAN MAP
Reference (Deposit): HOUSEHOLDER MAP (ADMR)
Reference (Deposit): BLM DISTRICT MAP
Reference (Reserve-Resource): NIEMUTH, N.J. ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986. AZ
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER,F.C.,USGS BULL 397,P170-172,43
Reference (Deposit): ADMR MOSS MINE-MINE FILE
Reference (Deposit): CUNNINGHAM&BUTLER,AZBM BULL 137,P94
Reference (Deposit): LAUSEN,C,AZBM BULL 131,P113-115,9,12,44-45,52,60,74,84-85,
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER,F.C.,AIME TRANS.,1917,P208,226
Reference (Deposit): GARDNER,E.D.,IC6901,P39
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