The Silver Moon is a gold mine located in Butte county, California at an elevation of 2,500 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 2,500 Feet (762 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.85111, -121.57167
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Silver Moon MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Moon
Secondary: Porphyry Point
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Butte
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: H. Bartram
Home Office: Coutolanc, Ca.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Middle Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. S 1/2 NW 1/4
Comment (Geology): HOST ROCK DESCRIBED AS DECOMPOSED.
Comment (Deposit): 32 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): VEINS ON BOTH WALLS OF LIGHT-GRAY DIKE, 2 FT. THICK WITH COARSE CUBES OF PYRITE. VEINS 8 IN. THICK ON HANGING WALL AND 3.5 FT. THICK ON FOOTWALL. DEPOSIT PROBABLY LOW GRADE. ANOTHER DIKE DEPOSIT THOROUGHLY DECOMPOSED, SANDY TEXTURE, RED-YELLOW COLOR, WITH SEAMS OF QUARTZ UP TO 1 IN. THICK, STAINED BY GOLD-BEARING MANGANESE OXIDES. LENSES AND BUNCHES OF DECOMPOSED SCHIST STAINED BY MARIPOSITE AND THICKLY PITTED WITH IRON OXIDE, DERIVED FROM PYRITE. ALSO PATCHES OF PARTLY ALTERED SLATE. FOOTWALL CONSISTS OF SERPENTINE. DIKE IS 1800 FT. LONG AND ABOUT 80 FT. THICK. TO SE, IT IS COVERED BY 'LAVA COBBLES', SUPPOSEDLY UNDERLAIN BY A GRAVEL CHANNEL.
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW CUTS ON VEINS IN DIKE
References
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1930, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 26, NO. 4, P. 378-379
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