Moonlight-Silver Moon Claims

The Moonlight-Silver Moon Claims is a tungsten mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,251 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: Moonlight-Silver Moon Claims  

State:  Nevada

County:  Mineral

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

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.