Moon Prospect

The Moon Prospect is a uranium mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,499 feet.

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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: Moon Prospect  

State:  Idaho

County:  Lemhi

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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