Moore's Property

The Moore's Property is a lead mine located in Custer county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,199 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Moore's Property

Commodity

Primary: Lead

Location

State: Colorado
County: Custer
District: Oak Creek (Ilse) 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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Mc Kenzie, A. D.
Home Office: Greenwood, Co.
Years: 1915 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1908
Discovery Year: 1895
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

Model Name: Thorium-rare-earth veins

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Wet Mountains

Type: L
Description: Ilse Fault

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Extensive Oxidation

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Production): IN 1908 THE PROPERTY SHIPPED A SMALL LOAD THAT RAN 63% PB

Comment (Deposit): PROBABLY ON SAME ORE ZONE AS HIGH KICKER MINE

Comment (Workings): 40 FT SHAFT, 50 FT TUNNEL

Comment (Location): 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1963 EDITION

References

Reference (Deposit): HUNTER, J.F., 1915, SOME CERUSITE DEPOSITS IN CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY: USGS BULLETIN 580, P. 25-37

Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEGREE X 2 DEGREES QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.

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