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Silver Moon Group

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silver
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044230
MRDS ID M231604
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Moon Group
Alternate or previous names Silver Star Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.91758, 38.12494 (WGS84)
Relative position WEST OF THE SILVER GLANCE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McKinney Tanks(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe 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 Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
003N 045E 10,15 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION UNKNOWN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Gangue
Jasper Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching,Argillization,Silicification,Kaolinization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.91758, 38.12494
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw-Striking Hannapah Fault Zone; Brecciation

Ore body information

  • Strike N70W
    Dip 30N
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • No Information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1905

Mining district

District name Hannapah District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Clark, Stephen S.
    Home office Tonopah

Comments on the production information

  • TWO CARS OF ORE SHIPPED IN 1912 AT $34 PER TON. VEIN CONTAINED $12-$15/TON ORE (ABOUT 1950)

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 34 FT VERTICAL SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • THE 5 CLAIMS OF THE SILVER STAR GROUP, LOCATED IN 1919 WERE ALSO OWNED BY CLARK, AND ARE HERE DESCRIBED WITH THIS PROPERTY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 75

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

    CARPER, A.F., 1921, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON SILVER STAR GROUP, HANNAPAH MINING DISTRICT, NYE COUNTY,NEVADA; NBMG FILE 232, ITEM 2.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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