Mine detail: Moonlight Mine

Previously called 'Kin
* River AreaPlatora MineMoonlight and Forget-Me-Not ClaimsNBMG Sample Site 2414.'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.79155, -118.16071

Resource(B)

Primary:	Uranium
Tertiary:	Manganese, Silver, Arsenic, Copper, Molybdenum, Barium-Barite
Ore:	Carnotite, Torbernite, Uraninite
Gangue:	Fluorite, Galena
Orebody form:	BLANKET
Other material:	Pyrite
Discovery year:	1955

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1955

Geology

Host type:	Tuff,Rhyolite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Rhyolite,Latite
Structure:	Rhyolite Dome Along Sw Ring Fracture Zone Of Mc Dermitt Caldera, N-Trending Normal Fault (Moonlight Fault). Uraniferous Vein Is Apparently Along A Major Ring Fracture Bounding The Mcdermitt Caldera. This Fracture Can Be -Traced For At Least 4 Miles To The North
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Argillization And Potassic (Potash Feldspar And Sericite)

References

MRDS	M029068
DEP	10037003
Reference	{Deposit:: WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59}{Deposit:: RYTUBA, J.J., 1976, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MC DERMITT CALDERA, NEVADA-OREGON; U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPORT 76-535.}{Deposit:: GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 81}{Deposit:: JONES, R. B., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION 8-15-84 AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.}{Deposit:: CASTOR, S. B., 1980, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT OF URANIUM OCCURENCE.}{Deposit:: SHARP, B. J., 1955; USAEC REPORT RME-2032, 14 PP.}{Deposit:: TAYLOR, A. O., AND POWERS, J. F., 1955; USAEC REPORT TEM-874-A.}{Deposit:: RYTUBA, J. J. AND GLANZMAN, R. K., 1978, USGS OFR 78-926.}{Production:: RYTUBA, J.J., 1976.}
Reporter	Walker, George W., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)