Mine detail: Mossback Mine

Previously called 'IdaMossback ExtensionAlice B.Gladys5 Claims-- Mossback'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.09669, -114.40942

Resource(B)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver, Semiprecious Gemstone, Quartz
Tertiary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Gold
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1863

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1933 - 1935

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Monzonite,Andesite
Associated rock:	Moss Porphyry;Oatman Andesite
Associated type:	Rhyolite,Basalt
Structure:	Nnw To Wnw Trending Vein And Fault System In Tert Volcanic Rocks, Sheeting In Country Rock N 80 E

References

MRDS	M004529
DEP	10027927
Reference	{Deposit:: GARDNER, E.D., 1936, GOLD MINING AND MILLING IN THE BLACK MOUNTAINS, WESTERN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 6901, P. 33.}{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. 169.}{Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137, P. 98.}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: ADMR FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Deposit:: NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: U.S.B.M. I.C. 6901, P. 33.}
Reporter	Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Orris, Greta J.