Silver Moon Mine

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071997
MRDS ID W015800
MAS/MILS ID 0160590317
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Moon Mine
Alternate or previous names Mohawk

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.26169, 44.4327 (WGS84)
Elevation 2530
Relative position 2 MI SSW OF GILMORE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gilmore(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Borah Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lemhi(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 013N 027E 29,30 NE (29) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • In Silver Moon Gulch Which Extends Back Into Lemhi Range From 3 Miles S Of Gilmore
  • USBM Study - Lemhi Range Rare II Area

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Limestone
    Rock description Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.26169, 44.4327

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N - S
    Dip W
    Length 15.24M
    Width 0.76M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding
  • Fissure

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original ore control entry:
    Bedding Of Limestone, Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Texas District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner T. And B Mining

Comments on the production information

  • Umpleby States Production Activity Was 20 Or More Years Prior To 1913; Production Est. At $50,000 (Moore, 1909)

Comments on the workings information

  • Exploration Work In 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    UMPLEBY, J. B., 1913, USGS BULL 528

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J. B., 1913, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL 528, P. 108.

  • Deposit

    BELL, R. N., 1905, REPORT OF THE MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1904

  • Deposit

    MOORE, F. C., 1909, TENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1908

  • Deposit

    IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, 1975, FIRST ANNUAL REPORT ADDENDUM, 1974-1975, 95 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 12-APR-1995 Cather U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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