The Moonlight Mine is a silver mine located in Pershing county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Moonlight Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Moonlight Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2574
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Indian District
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2574, DUMP SAMPLE OF SERICITIZED ROCHESTER RHYOLITE CONTAINING CHRYSOCOLLA, TENORITE, SILVER HALOIDS, CONTA-INS 3 % FE, 0.3 % MG, 0.15 % CA, 0.2 % TI, 100 PPM MN, 2000 PP-M AG, 100 PPM B, +5000 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 10000 PPM CU, 7 PPM N-I, 500 PPM PB, 500 PPM SB, 10 PPM SC, 30 PPM V, 20 PPM Y, 200 -PPM ZN, 150 PPM ZR.
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Tenorite
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Barite
Comments
Comment (Location): PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = UNIONVILLE (1954) 1:625000
Comment (Development): THE MINE WAS WORKED UNTIL ABOUT 1871.
Comment (Deposit): SHEAR ZONE IN SCHISTOSE RHYOLITE, WITH OXIDE COPPER MINERALS, AND QUARTZ STRINGERS
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHORT ADITS, PITS, AND FOUR SHALLOW SHAFTS
Comment (Deposit): THE MOONLIGHT SILVER MINE WAS WORKED UNTIL ABOUT 1871. IT IS DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL SHORT ADITS, PITS, AND FOUR SHALLOW SHAFTS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H. F., JR., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION ON 28 SEP 84, AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG OFR 85-3, 1985
Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 6902, P. 18-19, 1936.
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.
