Mine detail: Moss Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.09974, -114.44748

Resource(B)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper
Ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Gold, Marcasite, Pyrite, Wulfenite
Gangue: Calcite, Hematite
Orebody form: LODE
Discovery year: 1864

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: PRIOR TO 1909
First production started: 1864
Last production ended: 1909

Geology

Host type:Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock:Alcyone Trachite;Oatman Andesite;Gold Road Latite;Times Porphyry
Associated type:Trachyte
Structure:Nnw To Wnw Trending Vein And Fault System In Tert Volcanic Rocks
Alteration processes:Oxidation

References

MRDSM004525
DEP10027926
Reference{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C., 1909, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND THE GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 397, P. 170.}{Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137, P. 94.}{Deposit:: LAUSEN, C., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OATMAN AND KATHERINE DISTRICTS, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 131, P. 113.}{Deposit:: NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Deposit:: SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: NIEMUTH, 1987.}
ReporterJohnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Orris, Greta J.