The Moon Prospect is a uranium mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,499 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 45.5542, -113.95940
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Moon Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Moon Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Gibbonsville 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.
Administrative Organization: Salmon National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: C. Walker Lyon
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Discovery Year: 1924
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Bitterroot Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SEAMS, BUNCHES
Structure
Type: L
Structure: Gouge
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SELECTED SAMPLES RAN 0.14 AND 0.45% URANIUM.
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Torbernite
Ore: Uranophane
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Goethite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): In Vineyard Gl, .9 Mi W Of Mouth
Comment (Commodity): U Mineralization Weak; U Most Conspicuous On Lower Walls Of Drifts And Crosscuts.
Comment (Workings): 2 Open Cuts
Comment (Geology): Original Structures entry: Local - Gouge Bands Regional - Nw Trend, Ne Dip
Comment (Geology): Original concentration process entry: (Secondary) Lodes Deposited By Downward Percolating Ground Water
Comment (Geology): Original ore control entry: Shear Or Fracture Zone
References
Reference (Deposit): Trite, A. F., Jr., And Tooker, E. W., 1953, Uranium And Thorium Deposits In East Central Idaho, Southwestern Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 988-H, P. 157 - 209.
Reference (Deposit): Anderson, A. L., 1958, Uranium, Thorium, Columbium, And Rare Earth Deposits In The Salmon Region, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 115, 81 P.
Reference (Deposit): Cook, E. F., 1955, Prospecting For Uranium, Thorium, And Tungsten In Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 102, 53 P.
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