New Moon Mine

Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Arsenic
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. Materials information
  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 10027834
MRDS ID M004189
Record type Site
Current site name New Moon Mine
Alternate or previous names Moon Mine
Related records 10137377

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.15052, 35.38058 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position 3 1/2 MILES SE OF CHLORIDE, 1.5 MILES S OF CHERUM PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chloride(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sacramento Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 023N 018W 13 NW OF NE OF SE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.15052, 35.38058

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Prec Schistosity N30e, Lcret Veins, Fissures, Dikes Nw To Nnw Regionally

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 W
    Dip 83 NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION, LCRET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1948

Mining district

District name Wallapai District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND TUNNEL

Comments on development

  • 5 CLAIMS; PREVIOUS OWNERS INCLUDE LENTONY, CHRISTIAN, E.W. RAY, MOHAVE LEAD ZINC, LYON KAY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DINGS, M. G., 1951 , THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, CERBAT MOUNTAINS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 978 - E

  • Deposit

    AEC RME-158, JUNE 1970, P. 74

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.