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Moon Prospect

Prospect in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper, Gold, Iron
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070409
MRDS ID W013335
MAS/MILS ID 0160590117
Record type Site
Current site name Moon Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.96033, 45.55409 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 1.9 MI S85W OF GIBBONSVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gibbonsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wisdom(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(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 026N 021E 27 CENTER OF W2 OF E2 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • In Vineyard Gl, .9 Mi W Of Mouth

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • U Mineralization Weak; U Most Conspicuous On Lower Walls Of Drifts And Crosscuts.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Torbernite Ore
Uranophane Ore
Goethite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SELECTED SAMPLES RAN 0.14 AND 0.45% URANIUM.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Lemhi;Gunsight
    Rock description Lemhi;Gunsight
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.96033, 45.55409
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Gouge

Ore body information

  • General form SEAMS, BUNCHES
    Strike N 68 W
    Dip 60 TO 70 SW
    Length 213.36M
    Width 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear
  • Fracture Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original Structures entry:
    Local - Gouge Bands
    Regional - Nw Trend, Ne Dip
  • Original concentration process entry:
    (Secondary) Lodes Deposited By Downward Percolating Ground Water
  • Original ore control entry:
    Shear Or Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1924
Discoverer Percy Anderson

Mining district

District name Gibbonsville District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. Walker Lyon

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 242.93M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 Open Cuts

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1958, Uranium, Thorium, Columbium, And Rare Earth Deposits In The Salmon Region, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 115, 81 P.

  • Deposit

    Cook, E. F., 1955, Prospecting For Uranium, Thorium, And Tungsten In Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 102, 53 P.

  • Deposit

    Trite, A. F., Jr., And Tooker, E. W., 1953, Uranium And Thorium Deposits In East Central Idaho, Southwestern Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 988-H, P. 157 - 209.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1983 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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