Moonlight Silver Mine

Silver Star, Montana

45.6718°N 112.3328°W

Mine Overview

The Moonlight Silver Mine is near Silver Star, Montana. Historically the site has been associated with the Silver Star Mining District which is now part of the Deerlodge National Forest. Production output of the Moonlight Silver Mine was considered to be small size. The ore mined is composed of silver and gold. The host rock in this area is gneiss from the Neoarchean era 2.80 to 2.50 billion years ago. The Northern Rocky Mountains physiographic province of the Rocky Mountain System characterize the geomorphology of the surrounding area.

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Gold and Silver Primary Commodity
Site Record Type^?
Mine Development Status^?
Vein Mine Type^?
Small Production Size^?
Metallic Site Commodity Type^?
Small Mine Size^?

Mine Names

Name^? Status^?
Moonlight Mine Current

Owner Name and Address

Moonlight Mining Company

Type: Owner

Commodities

Additional textual information about a site or mine.

Commodity Type Importance
Gold Metallic Primary
Silver Metallic Primary

Deposit

MENTIONED IN MIN RES US, (1905-10, 1937-41) AS PRODUCING DURING THOSE YEARS.; INFORMATION SOURCE: 1 PUB LIT.

Location Info

Madison , Montana County / State

Continent Country State County
North America The United States Montana Madison

Notes

1000 FEET N80W OF CRICKET MINE; INFO FROM LAND. ST : (1975).

Meridian / Township / Range Description

Meridian^? Township^? Section^? Aliquot^?
Montana Principle Meridian T.2S R.6W Sec. 10 SW

Land Status

Land status information.

Land Status^? Admin Area^?
Private -

Mining Districts

Formal or informal mining district names.

District
Silver Star Mining District

Materials

Minerals or other materials present in the mine.

Role^? Material^?
Ore Gold
Ore Silver

Rocks

Geological materials at the site.

Class^? 1st Order Name^? 2nd Order Name^? 3rd Order Name^? 4th Order Name^? Most Specific Name^? Begin Time End Time Description^?
Host Rock Pre Belt Metamorphic Rock Gneiss - Gneiss Neoarchean Neoarchean -

Physiography

Physiographic area where the resource is found.

Division Province^? Section
Rocky Mountain System Northern Rocky Mountains -

Nearby Deposits

Other deposits in the same region.

Nearby Places

Silver Star (2.71 miles away)
Waterloo (7.61 miles away)
Twin Bridges (8.80 miles away)
Sheridan (16.33 miles away)
Melrose (17.20 miles away)
Whitehall (17.81 miles away)
Janney (18.18 miles away)

Nearby Mining Districts

Silver Star Mining District (0 miles away)

Nearby Lands

Deerlodge National Forest (2.29 miles away)

Footnotes

* Mine bounds on map indicate the general area that a mine occupies. For an detailed map, refer to the overseeing BLM field office.

** The mine central point is based on an average of the mine's bounding box(es) and does not necessarily fall on the claim itself.

¹ World-class significance is determined by total endowment of the contained commodity. This includes all past production and remaining reserves. Each commodity is considered separately and commodities cannot be combined to arrive at a significant size. The tonnage thresholds are from the mine model grade-tonnage studies. As of June 2008, many entries were classified as significant under less strict rules.

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