The Silver Moon Mine is a mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.20056, -118.41917
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Silver Moon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Moon Mine
Secondary: Silver Moon 36
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Silver Star
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: W. M. Patterson
Home Office: Lakeport, Ca.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PODS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Commodity): MATERIAL FROM PODS CAUSE A COUNT AS HIGH AS 0.7 MR/HR. (BACKGROUND 0.03 MR/HR.)
Comment (Workings): SMALL OPEN CUTS AND ONE SHORT ADIT
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: THIN LIMONITE-STAINED QTZ. VEINS IN GRANITIC ROCK; FRACTION OF AN INCH THICK AND UP TO 2 FEET LONG
Comment (Location): 1 MI. SO. OF DEFENDER MINE
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. L., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
