Silver Moon Mine

The Silver Moon Mine is a mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Silver Moon Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Mineral

Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 38.20056, -118.41917

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Silver Moon Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Silver Moon Mine
Secondary: Silver Moon 36


Commodity

Tertiary: Uranium


Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Silver Star


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: W. M. Patterson
Home Office: Lakeport, Ca.


Production

Not available


Deposit

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


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: PODS


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Commodity): MATERIAL FROM PODS CAUSE A COUNT AS HIGH AS 0.7 MR/HR. (BACKGROUND 0.03 MR/HR.)

Comment (Workings): SMALL OPEN CUTS AND ONE SHORT ADIT

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: THIN LIMONITE-STAINED QTZ. VEINS IN GRANITIC ROCK; FRACTION OF AN INCH THICK AND UP TO 2 FEET LONG

Comment (Location): 1 MI. SO. OF DEFENDER MINE


References

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


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.