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Moho Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045302
MRDS ID M233002
Record type Site
Current site name Moho Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.24456, 38.26299 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Camp Douglas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005N 034E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Excelsior
    Rock description Excelsior
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.24456, 38.26299
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Trending Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description N 30-45 E

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Dip 70 SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne-Trending Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1903

Mining district

District name Silver Star District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • $75,000 TOTAL PRODUCTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1066.8M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE 1200-FT TUNNEL, SEVERAL SHORTER ONES, AND SEVERAL SHAFTS, DEEPEST IS 300 FT-ABOUT 3500 FT OF TOTAL WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMH BULL. 58.

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG W.O, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: US BUR MINES INF CIRC. 6941, 79 P.

  • Production

    ROSS, D.C., 1961, TABLE 6.7.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SERIES OF VEINS AVERAGE 4 FT WIDE IN METAVOLCANIC ROCKS OF EXCELSIOR FORMATION; 1 VEIN TRACEABLE FOR 1 MILE; ORE IS BRECDIATED, BLEACHED, SILICIFIED ANDESITIC TUFF.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 Flynn, Patricia D. (Tingley, J. V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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