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Moore Creek

Past Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Tungsten, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037063
MRDS ID M030162
Record type Site
Current site name Moore Creek
Alternate or previous names Bay Horse, White Horse

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.251, 38.46658 (WGS84)
Relative position 31 MILES E. OF JACKSON, CAL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garnet Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Mokelumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Stanislaus 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 Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 016E 07 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Analytical data

Result MOS2 = 0.08 %
Result WO3 = 0.2 % AND CU = 0.2 %

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.251, 38.46658
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1954 - 1957

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.004HA
    Length 97.54M
    Overall depth 4.57M
    Overall length 12.19M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE LESSEES BUILT AND OPERATED A 50 TON PER DAY GRAVITY CONCENTRATOR ON THE PROPERTY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H. K.; 1965 ; MOLY OCCURRENCES IN THE U.S.; U.S.G.S. BULL 1185 - E

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. R.; 1962 ; MINERALS OF CALAVERAS CO.; CAL. DIV. MIN. GEO.; COUNTY REPORT 2

  • Production

    STAGER; 1965

Reporter information

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

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