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Moore Mine

Past Producer in Placer county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007710
MRDS ID C012192
Record type Site
Current site name Moore Mine
Related records 10213190

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.09881, 38.89239 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Relative position 2 MI. SW AUBURN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Auburn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 008E 17 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. NE1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.09881, 38.89239
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E
    Dip 55 S
    Thickness 0.25M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ophir

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL YIELD THRU 1898 EST. $180,000 . . NO PRODUCTION-RECORD FOUND. . NO PRODUCTION-RECORD FOUND.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 80M
    Overall depth 134.11M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT, DRIFTS, STOPES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1936 , GOLD MINES OF PLACER COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 32 , NO. 1 , P. 28 .

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896 , GOLD-PLACER: REPORT 13 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 283 .

  • Deposit

    WARING, CLARENCE A., 1917 , PLACER COUNTY: REPORT 15 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 345 .

  • Production

    LOGAN, ( 1936 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, AVG. 10 IN. THICK
Deposit PATENTED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 27-APR-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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