Mine detail: Silver Moon Group

Previously called 'Silver Star Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.12494, -116.91758

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Silver
Gangue:	Iron, Jasper, Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1905

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Nw-Striking Hannapah Fault Zone; Brecciation
Alteration processes:	Bleaching,Argillization,Silicification,Kaolinization

References

MRDS	M231604
DEP	10044230
Reference	{Deposit:: KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 75}{Deposit:: KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.}{Deposit:: CARPER, A.F., 1921, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON SILVER STAR GROUP, HANNAPAH MINING DISTRICT, NYE COUNTY,NEVADA; NBMG FILE 232, ITEM 2.}
Reporter	Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)