Commodities
PrimaryLead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc
SecondarySulfur, Iron
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formPIPES, "CHIMNEY-LIKE" TABULAR
Ore controlFissures, Location In Respect To Intrusion Host
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Hemimorphite, Malachite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
GangueEpidote, Hedenbergite, Wollastonite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Limestone,Dolomite · Gillmete Formation (Principal Host);Mowitza Formation;Monte Cristo Limestone;Callville Limestone
StructureBasin & Range Colorado Plateau Transition, Star Range Eastward Dipping Homocline, Maybe Part Of Upper Thrust Plate
Tectonic settingMiogeosyncline (Cordilleran)
AlterationRecrystallization, Bleached, Mylonite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1905
Discovery year1865
Identification
Deposit ID10010741
MRDS IDD004681
Alternate namesOld Moscow/New Moscow
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.34329, -113.15108
References
SRC.REF: GENERAL REF. #1ABOU-ZIED, S., AND WHELAN, J.A., 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE, STAR DIST, BEAVER CO. UT: UT GEOL & MIN SURVEY SPEC. STUDY 46BAER, J.L., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: B.Y.U. GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 9, PT. 2, P.29-52.BAER, J.L., 1973, SUMMARY OF THE STRATAGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. ASSOC. PUBL. NO. 3 P. 6PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT. NO. 221913 GEOLMAP BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #801920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #1111962 GEOLMAP BAER, J.L., B.Y.U. GEOL. STUDIES V.91963 COMPILE HEYL, A.V., USGS BULL 1135-BBAETCKE, G.B., 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIV. OF UT. P.HD. THESIS.1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL. #31973 GEOLMAP UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES #46USBM MINERALS YEARBOOKS 1905-1950.