Moose Mine

The Moose Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Park county, Colorado.

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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

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

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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

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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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Reference (Deposit): Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.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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