Mine detail: Moscow Mine

Previously called 'Moore'

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Location

Lat / long: 45.09988, -115.40516

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper, Zinc, Lead
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Pyrite, Quartz, Talc
Discovery year: 1902

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Diorite
Associated rock:Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite
Associated type:Diorite
Alteration processes:Oxidation, Silicification

References

MRDSW015212
DEP10071690
Reference{Deposit:: SHENON, P. J., AND ROSS, C. P., 1936, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR EDWARDSBURG AND THUNDER MOUNTAIN, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44, 45 P.}{Deposit:: BELL, R. N., 1912, THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1911.}{Deposit:: MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, 1914, BIG CREEK MINING DISTRICT: MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, V. 109, P. 110 - 111.}{Deposit:: 1912 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTO* ANNUAL REPT}{Deposit:: 1936 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44}{Production:: SHENON, P. J., AND ROSS, C. P., 1936, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44, 45 P.}
ReporterMiller, Pat J.