Moscow Mine

The Moscow Mine is a copper, silver, gold, zinc, and lead mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 6,519 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Moscow Mine
Secondary: Old Moscow/New Moscow

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Sulfur
Secondary: Iron

Location

State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Star

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Moscow Silver Mines Co.

Production

Year: 1944

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1905
Discovery Year: 1865
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: PIPES, "CHIMNEY-LIKE" TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin & Range Colorado Plateau Transition

Type: L
Description: Star Range Eastward Dipping Homocline, Maybe Part Of Upper Thrust Plate

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Recrystallization, Bleached, Mylonite

Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian

Analytical Data

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

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Hemimorphite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Wollastonite
Gangue: Hedenbergite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1860'S

Comment (Commodity): MINED FOR LEAD-SILVER ORE

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4, NE 1/4, SW 1/4, SEC 25.

Comment (Workings): 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

Comment (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

Comment (Deposit): SHAFTS, STOPES, INCLINES, WINZES, RAISES

References

Reference (Deposit): 1963 COMPILE HEYL, A.V., USGS BULL 1135-B

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

Reference (Deposit): 1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL. #3

Reference (Deposit): 1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES #46

Reference (Production): USBM MINERALS YEARBOOKS 1905-1950.

Reference (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

Reference (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.

Reference (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

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

Reference (Deposit): 1913 GEOLMAP BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #80

Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #111

Reference (Deposit): 1962 GEOLMAP BAER, J.L., B.Y.U. GEOL. STUDIES V.9

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: GENERAL REF. #1

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