The Moon is a antimony mine located in Alaska.
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Moon MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Moon
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Location
State: Alaska
District: Koyuk
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Anderson, 1947
Comment (Workings): 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.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Simple Sb (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 27d)
Comment (Geology): 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.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Candle, Holy Cross, Norton Bay, Nulato, and Unalakleet quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-866, 102 p.
Reference (Deposit): Anderson, Eskil, 1947, Mineral occurrences other than gold deposits in northwestern Alaska: Alaska Territorial Division of Mines Pamphlet 5-R, 48 p.
Reference (Deposit): Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.
Reference (Deposit): Cass, J.T., 1959, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Norton Bay quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-286, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Norton Bay quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-381, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
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