Moon Mine

Past Producer in Cache county in Utah, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Iron, Silver, Copper, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020493
MRDS ID DC13378
Record type Site
Current site name Moon Mine
Related records 10275578

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.7958, 41.61271 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position 17100 FEET NE OF PARADISE CEMETERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cache(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paradise(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Logan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Bear-Logan(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Cache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010N 001E 11,13 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC 11, NW 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC 13

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Iron Secondary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation To Depths Of 50-100 Ft

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS UP TO 42 PERCENT ZINC OXIDE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Jefferson Dolomite
    Rock description Jefferson Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.7958, 41.61271

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Paris-Willard Thrust And Woodruff Thrust
Type of structure Local
Structure description N-Trending Syncline Bounded By Basin And Range Fault On West And A Thrust On The East

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 9.14M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE ORE OCCURS IN THE FAULT ZONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1915

Mining district

District name Hyrum District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • 2 CARLOADS OF 22 AND 28 PERCENT ZINC

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY TWO ADITS, TWO PROSPECTS AND ONE OPEN CUT WHICH MAY BE THE REMAINS OF A COLLAPSED ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B T, 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L I, AND MCCARTHY, B I, 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY, OFR-22.

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B S, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF PAPER 111.

  • Deposit

    PERRY,L.I. & MCCARTHY,B.M., 1977, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., ECON. GEOL. SECT., OPEN-FILE REPT. NO. 22, P. 161.

  • Production

    PERRY, L I, 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY: OFR-22.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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