Moho Mine

The Moho Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,201 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Moho Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Silver Star

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1903
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LINEAR VEIN WITH IRREGULAR ORE SHOOTS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Ore Is Bleached, Brecciated, Silicified Andesitic Tuff

Rocks

Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian

Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Silver
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Jarosite

Comments

Comment (Geology): GARSIDE (PERS. COMMUNICATION, JAN 18/90) STATED THAT, FROM HIS FIELD EXAMINATION, HOST ROCK IS A TURBIDITE COMPOSED OF ANDESITIC SEDIMENTS. ; GEOL.DESC: HOST ROCKS COMPRISED OF METAVOLCANICS OF THE EXCELSIOR FORMATION

Comment (Location): CENTRALLY LOCATED WORKINGS OF .8 MI. LONG STRING OF PROSPECTS COMPRISING MOHO MINE, EXTENDS ONTO CAMP DOUGLAS QUAD.

Comment (Production): ESTIMATED TOTAL PRODUCTION, MADE MOSTLY BY LESEES IS $75,000. GRADE: 25G/T AU; 300G/T AG, 8% PB, BUT MINE EVALUATION CHANNEL SAMPLES YIELDED ONLY ABOUT HALF AS MUCH. AU:AGAPPROX. 0.05-O.2

Comment (Development): ECON.COM: UNDERGROUD EXPLORATION IN 1979 AND 1981 BY MINERALS MANAGEMENT CO.

Comment (Deposit): SERIES OF VEINS, AVERAGE 4 FT. WIDE: MAIN OR MOHO VEIN IS 1,500 M (4,900 FT.) AND SLIGHTLY OVER 1 M WIDE ; THE SHOEMAKER VEIN, TO THE WEST, IS 700M (2,300 FT.) LONG AND

Comment (Workings): ONE 1,200 FT ADIT, SEVERAL SHORTER ONES, AND SEVERAL SHAFTS, DEEPEST IS 300 FT. - 3,500 FEET OF TOTAL WORKINGS; OVER 1,000 OF UNDERGROUD WORKINGS. MOHO VEIN HAD HIGHER OVERALL GRADE.

References

Reference (Deposit): VANDENBURGH, W.O., 1937 , RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL CO. NEV., USBM, INFO. CIRCULAR

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. L., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L. J., 1986, GEOCHEMICAL RECONNAISSANCE; CAMP DOUGLAS AND MOHO MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLES, NBMG REPORT 42

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1982 GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOHO MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, NBMG MAP 74

Reference (Production): ROSS, 1961, TABLE 6.7

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.