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Moonlight and Silver Moonclaims

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014317
MRDS ID D011037
Record type Site
Current site name Moonlight and Silver Moonclaims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.31761, 37.95826 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Montgomery(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crowley Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
001N 033E 4,8,9 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.31761, 37.95826
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Buena Vista

Production statistics

  • Year 1977
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^Aug 0.6 Percent Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBM BULL, STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP JAN 1984)

  • Production

    NBM BULL, STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP JAN 1984)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1984 Bishop, Blaskowski, Michael J. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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