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Moccasin Creek

Occurrence in Tuolumne county in California, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033956
MRDS ID M020608
Record type Site
Current site name Moccasin Creek
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2861

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.32767, 37.82714 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moccasin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tuolumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tuolumne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001S 015E 19,20,28,29 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.32767, 37.82714
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 6.71M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT; RANSON TUNNEL; MACHINE SHOP TUNNEL; LIDSTONE TUNNEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L. E., 1908 , COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 ; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 249

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 17 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FROM THE TUOLUMNE RIVER GOING SOUTH IN THIS RANGE A DEPOSIT OF COPPER WITH HEAVY IRON CROPPINGS FOR OVER A MILE. NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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