Mount Moriah Mine

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc
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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046944
MRDS ID M242174
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Moriah Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.19306, 39.2805 (WGS84)
Elevation 3353
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Moriah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Mt. Moriah Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 069E 10 NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON EAST? SLOPE OF MT. MORIAH; EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 4-FT CHIP SAMPLE ACROSS FAULT ZONE ASSAYED 0.7 OZ/T AG, 0.07% CU. VEIN MATERIAL ASSAYED TO 5.50 OZ/T AG, 1.473% CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Lincoln Peak Or Pole Canyon
    Rock description Lincoln Peak Or Pole Canyon
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.19306, 39.2805

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Nw-Trending Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mount Moriah Mine

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PITS AND/OR CAVED WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R.M., 1976, NBMG BULL 85, PT. 2, P. 58.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, OPEN FILE REPORT, MLA 50-83

  • Deposit

    HOSE, R.K., 1981, USGS MAP MF-1244-A.

  • Production

    SMITH, 1976, P.58

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FAULT ZONE EXPOSED IN UPPER PROSPECT; VEIN NOT EXPOSED AT SURFACE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-83 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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