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Moscatelli No. 2 Property

Occurrence in Nevada county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031944
MRDS ID M011798
Record type Site
Current site name Moscatelli No. 2 Property
Alternate or previous names Claims: Lucky Friday, Lucky Bluff W.W. 1
Related records 10285900

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.80853, 39.38461 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position NW1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alleghany(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yuba(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tahoe 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 California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018N 010E 36 NW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.80853, 39.38461
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1917

Mining district

District name Washington Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Moscatelli, Robert

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1917, 13 LONG TONS OF ORE WAS MINED; 11 TONS IN 1918 WITH 6 LONG TONS CONTAINING 42.31 PERCENT CR2O3 ON HAND AT END OF YEAR, PROBABLY SOLD IN 1919. IN 1944, 20.4 LONG TONS WERE SHIPPED REPORTED TO CONTAIN 39.21 PERCENT CR2O3 AND 10.1 PERCENT FE AND HAD A CR TO FE RATIO OF 2.66

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT, INCLINED SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 134, PT. III, CHAP. 5, PP. 236, 304 AND PL. 13

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIF., V. 2, P. 18

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO CLAIMS, THE LUCKY FRIDAY AND LUCKY BLUFF. NOTE: THIS MAY BE THE MINE MENTIONED IN CHART ON P. 458, CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 37, NO. 3, JULY 1941, AS PETE MOSCATELLI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1982 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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