The Silver Moon Group is a mine located in Nye county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Silver Moon Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Moon Group
Secondary: Silver Star Group
Commodity
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Hannapah District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Clark, Stephen S.
Home Office: Tonopah
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1905
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Nw-Striking Hannapah Fault Zone; Brecciation
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching,Argillization,Silicification,Kaolinization
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Jasper
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Iron
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION UNKNOWN
Comment (Production): TWO CARS OF ORE SHIPPED IN 1912 AT $34 PER TON. VEIN CONTAINED $12-$15/TON ORE (ABOUT 1950)
Comment (Development): THE 5 CLAIMS OF THE SILVER STAR GROUP, LOCATED IN 1919 WERE ALSO OWNED BY CLARK, AND ARE HERE DESCRIBED WITH THIS PROPERTY.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 34 FT VERTICAL SHAFT.
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 75
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.
Reference (Deposit): CARPER, A.F., 1921, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON SILVER STAR GROUP, HANNAPAH MINING DISTRICT, NYE COUNTY,NEVADA; NBMG FILE 232, ITEM 2.
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.
