Holy Moses Mine

The Holy Moses Mine is a zinc and lead mine located in Mineral county, Colorado at an elevation of 10,381 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Holy Moses Mine

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Colorado
County: Mineral
District: Creede District

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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: King Solomon Mining Co.
Years: 1912 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1892
Discovery Year: 1889
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: San Juan Volcanic Field; La Garita, Creede, And Bachelor Calderas

Type: L
Description: Solomon-Holy Moses Fault Zone; Creede Graben

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Silver
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Fluorite

Comments

Comment (Workings): ACCESSIBLE PORTION OF HOLY MOSES NO. 2 LEVEL INCLUDES 1100-FT TUNNEL DRIVEN WEST, 1130 FT OF DRIFT

Comment (Geology): HOST ROCK IN NO. 2 TUNNEL IS WILLOW CR. MBR.; HOST ROCK IN NO. 1 TUNNEL IS CAMPBELL MTN. MBR.

Comment (Deposit): HIGH-GRADE AG ORE MINED FROM UPPER NEAR-SURFACE WORKING IN EARLY 1890S, BUT LATER DEVELOPMENT AT DEEPER LEVELS REVEALED ONLY HIGHLY OXIDIZED PB-ZN ORE IN CLAYEY MATRIX AROUND BRECCIA FRAGMENTS OR FILLING ANASTOMOSING FRACTURES ALONG BRAIDED VEIN ZONE. MINERALIZED ZONES IN HOLY MOSES NO. 2 LEVEL STRIKE APPROX. N-S AND DIP 60 TO 65 W. OXIDIZED ORE ZONE CONTAINS SOME UNOXIDIZED GALENA NODULES

Comment (Location): S-T-R, LAT-LONG, AND ELEV DETERMINED FROM EMMONS AND LARSEN'S (1923) TOPO MAP (1:24,000). MINE OR CLAIM LIES ABOVE E. WILLOW CR. ON EAST SIDE OF CAMPBELL MTN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

References

Reference (Deposit): EMMONS, W.H., AND LARSEN, E.S. 1923, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CREEDE DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 718, 198 P.

Reference (Deposit): STEVEN, T.A., AND RATTE, J.C., 1965, GEOLOGY AND STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF ORE DEPOSITION IN THE CREEDE DISTRICT, SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 487, 90 P.

Reference (Deposit): LINDEMANN, J.W., AND OTHERS, EDS, 1981, FIELD TRIP NOTES, CREEDE MINING DISTRICT, SAN JUAN VOLCANIC PROVINCE, COLORADO: DENVER REGIONAL EXPLORATION GEOLOGISTS SOC. GUIDEBOOK

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