Mine detail: Moon Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

45.55409, -113.96033

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Tertiary:	Copper, Gold, Iron
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Torbernite, Uranophane
Gangue:	Goethite, Hematite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	SEAMS, BUNCHES
Discovery year:	1924

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host rock:	Lemhi;Gunsight
Host type:	Quartzite

References

MRDS	W013335
MAS	160590117
DEP	10070409
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.}{Deposit:: Cook, E. F., 1955, Prospecting For Uranium, Thorium, And Tungsten In Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 102, 53 P.}{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.}
Reporter	Miller, Pat J., Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)