USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Lincoln County
Half Moon Mine
Unconfirmed Lead Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lincoln
- Development status
- Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Lead
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- NBMG Sample Site 1433.
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Sec 20 T1N R67E Structure: Highland Thrust Plate, Major Nw Normal Faults Normal Fault Trending N30w, Dipping 65e Cuts Off Vein On The East; Also A Ne-Striking Fault. Deposit: Workings follow fissure-filling quartz vein parallel to bedding plane betwe…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 1 shaft symbol
- 6 adit symbols
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Surface/Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface/Underground · work_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Hematite
- Limonite
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Anglesite
- Malachite
- Sphalerite
- Anglesite
View all 23 reported minerals
- Hematite
- Limonite
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Anglesite
- Malachite
- Sphalerite
- Anglesite
- commodity:Arsenic
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Tungsten
- commodity:Zinc
- Hematite
- Limestone
- Limonite
- Malachite
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Sphalerite
- Wad
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (1)
- mapped adit symbols (6)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 57675
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (16)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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