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Polaris Moly Prospect

Occurrence in Mono county in California, United States with commodity Molybdenum
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037062
MRDS ID M030161
Record type Site
Current site name Polaris Moly Prospect
Alternate or previous names Deans Mine
Related records 10237188

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.46765, 38.48324 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chris Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe 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 Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 023E 05 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore

Analytical data

Result 0.213 % MO
Result AREA AVERAGE = 0.33 %

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Sheeting Joints

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: APPEARS IN MINUTE QUANTITIES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name West Walker

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KING, R. U.; 1966 ; MIN. RES. OF CAL.; CAL. DIV. MINES GEO. BULL. 191

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1978 Theodore, Ted G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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