Mine detail: Moonlight Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.57601, -117.11567

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Gold, Copper, Zinc
Tertiary:	Arsenic, Antimony
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1943

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1919

Geology

Host type:	Greenstone,Shale,Sandstone,Chert
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Dewitt Thrust Fault, Trinity Fault Zone; Off Setting Nw Faults

References

MRDS	M231360
DEP	10044041
Reference	{Deposit:: ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGEL, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B}{Production:: ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D. D.