The Moonlight-Silver Moon Claims is a tungsten mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,251 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,251 Feet (2,515 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 37.95389, -118.30750
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Moonlight-Silver Moon Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Moonlight-Silver Moon Claims
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Buena Vista 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching, Silicification
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): THERE ARE SEVERAL PITS, CUTS, TRENCHES OVER ABOUT 0.5 MILE ON THE N 70 E STRUCTURE
Comment (Geology): AREA IS ROUGHLY ON TREND OF THE N30E SHEAR ZONE SEEN AT THE WILD ROSE MINE
Comment (Deposit): STAGER REPORTS THAT ABOUT 20 TONS OF SCHEELITE-BEARING TACTITE ORE, AVERAGING ABOUT 0.6% WO3 WERE SHIPPED FROM THE PROPERTY IN 1977. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1982
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): OPALITE ALONG N70E BLEACHED, SILICIFIED SHEAR ZONE. WALL ROCK IS BLEACHED VOLCANICS, AND RESEMBLES AN OLD HOT SPRINGS SYSTEM WITH UP TO A 3 FT THICKNESS OF CHALCEDONIC SILICA WITH VUGS, AND PLACED WITH QUARTZ VEINLETS SOME DISSEMINATED PYRITE OCCURS ALONG THE STRUCTURE. IN PLACES, THE ROCK APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN BRECCIATED AND RECEMENTED WITH SILICA
References
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION ON 14 AUGUST, 1982.
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K., TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, NBMG BULL, IN PREPARATION
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.
