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Red Mountain

Occurrence in Nevada county in California, United States with commodity Molybdenum
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Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037067
MRDS ID M030169
Record type Site
Current site name Red Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.53435, 39.33322 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cisco Grove(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 017N 013E 17 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO PRODUCTION

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.53435, 39.33322
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Signal Peak

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EAKLE, A.; 1922 ; MINERALS OF CAL.; CAL. STATE BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 91

  • 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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