The Moonlight Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,060 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,060 Feet (1,847 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.57611, -117.11472
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Moonlight Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Moonlight Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Pesi, N.
Years: 1955 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1919
Discovery Year: 1943
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Dewitt Thrust Fault
Type: L
Description: Trinity Fault Zone; Off Setting Nw Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): 1/4 MI NNE OF TRINITY MINE IN W. FORK OF COW CANYON
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE TOTALS FOR 1919-1948 AND INCLUDE 5.33 OZ AU AND 182 LB. CU. 86 TONS ORE AVERAGED 0.08 OZ/TON AU; 23.9 OZ/TON AG; 3.7% PB; 1.2% ZN AND 0.16% AS AND 0.35% SB.
Comment (Development): 2 CLAIMS RELOCATED IN 1943 BY E. HIDER; OWNED BY N. PESI IN 1955
Comment (Deposit): TRINITY FAULT ZONE; BRECCIATED ZONE
Comment (Workings): 4 ADITS
Comment (Geology): FAULT IS A BRECCIA ZONE UP TO 20 FEET WIDE CONTAINING FRAGMENTS OF BOTH FORMATIONS.
Comment (Deposit): A GROUP OF 2 CLAIMS RELOCATED IN 1943 BY E. HIDER, OWNED BY N. PESI IN 1955. WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL (FOUR) ADITS WHICH EXPLORE THE TRINITY FAULT ZONE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGEL, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B
Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965.
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.
