| Deposit ID | 10042539 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M060361 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Moonlight Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | NBMG Sample Site 2574 |
| Related records | 10174817 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.13319, 40.38156 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | NORTH SIDE OF INDIAN CREEK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pershing(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Congress Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)
Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 029N | 034E | 15 | SE | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Tenorite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Barite | Unknown |
| Malachite | Unknown |
| Result | SAMPLE 2574, DUMP SAMPLE OF SERICITIZED ROCHESTER RHYOLITE CONTAINING CHRYSOCOLLA, TENORITE, SILVER HALOIDS, CONTA-INS 3 % FE, 0.3 % MG, 0.15 % CA, 0.2 % TI, 100 PPM MN, 2000 PP-M AG, 100 PPM B, +5000 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 10000 PPM CU, 7 PPM N-I, 500 PPM PB, 500 PPM SB, 10 PPM SC, 30 PPM V, 20 PPM Y, 200 -PPM ZN, 150 PPM ZR. |
|---|
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| (1) | -118.13319, 40.38156 |
|---|
| Strike | N40E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 80 NW |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Indian District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M060361 |
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89
BONHAM, H. F., JR., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION ON 28 SEP 84, AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
NBMG OFR 85-3, 1985
USBM IC 6902, P. 18-19, 1936.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SHEAR ZONE IN SCHISTOSE RHYOLITE, WITH OXIDE COPPER MINERALS, AND QUARTZ STRINGERS |
| Deposit | THE MOONLIGHT SILVER MINE WAS WORKED UNTIL ABOUT 1871. IT IS DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL SHORT ADITS, PITS, AND FOUR SHALLOW SHAFTS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1973 | Johnson, Maureen G. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-NOV-1985 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-NOV-1980 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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