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Moon

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Antimony
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003166
MRDS ID A015700
Record type Site
Current site name Moon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -160.40322, 64.70718 (WGS84)
Relative position The Moon prospect is located in the low pass at the head of Christmas Creek, in the center of the E1/2 sec.14, T. 9 S., R. 9 W, Kateel River Meridian. This prospect is also locality 1 of Cobb (1972 [MF 381]). The location is accurate within 1 mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Norton Bay C-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Norton Bay N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Norton Bay C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Norton Bay(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 180
USGS model code 27d
Deposit model name Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -160.40322, 64.70718
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The rocks in the vicinity of the Moon prospect consist of graywacke, shale, grit, and conglomerate of the Cretaceous Shaktolik group (Cass, 1959). In 1911, Moon located a stibnite lode on a ridge between the Ungalik and Shaktolik Rivers. The stibnite occurs in small veinlets and lenses within large quartz veins (Anderson, 1947). Some high gold and silver assays were reported, but these are doubted by Anderson (1947). There is no record of further prospecting.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Probably inactive

Mining district

District name Koyuk

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = In 1911, Moon located a stibnite lode on a ridge between the Ungalik and Shaktolik Rivers. There is no record of further prospecting.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Anderson, 1947

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Simple Sb (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 27d)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-AUG-01 Cameron, C.E. Northern Associates Inc.

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