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Moonlight Mine

Past Producer in Bannock county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070370
MRDS ID W013266
MAS/MILS ID 0160050024
Record type Site
Current site name Moonlight Mine
Alternate or previous names Lion Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.27863, 42.89801 (WGS84)
Elevation 1966
Relative position 8 MI E OF POCATELLO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bannock(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moonlight Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

American Falls(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bannock

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006S 036E 17,18 C C W2 (17) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 3 1/2 Mi E On Moonlight Mine Rd. From Junction With Pocatello Cr. Rd.; Previous Quad Designation = Brigham City 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bannock Volcanics;Pocatello Tillite
    Rock description Bannock Volcanics;Pocatello Tillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Windermere Supergroup.
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1904

Mining district

District name Fort Hall District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Nat Eldredge And Others

Comments on the production information

  • Last Shipment Of 9 Tons Ran 22% Cu, 8.3 Oz. Silver And 0.005 Oz. Gold To The Ton Was Sorted From The Dump

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings Do Not Appear Safe To Enter

Comments on development

  • 6 Patented Claims ; Econ.Com: 10 Mi From Nearest Railroad; No Water In Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Dotson, J. C., 1957, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open - File Rept., 2 P

  • Deposit

    1957 Recon Id. Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Open File Report

  • Production

    Dotson, J. C., 1957, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open File Report

  • Deposit

    Weeks, F.B., Heikes, V.C., 1907, USGS Bulletin 340, P. 177

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 Sommerfeld, Paul T.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JAN-1995 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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