Mine detail: Moonlight Mine

Previously called 'Lion Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.89801, -112.27863

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Lead
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1904

Geology

Host rock:	Bannock Volcanics;Pocatello Tillite
Host type:	Limestone

References

MRDS	W013266
MAS	160050024
DEP	10070370
Reference	{Deposit:: Dotson, J. C., 1957, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open - File Rept., 2 P}{Deposit:: 1957 Recon Id. Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Open File Report}{Deposit:: Weeks, F.B., Heikes, V.C., 1907, USGS Bulletin 340, P. 177}{Production:: Dotson, J. C., 1957, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open File Report}
Reporter	Sommerfeld, Paul T.; Miller, Pat, Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)