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Beacon Light

Occurrence in Sierra county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077717
MRDS ID W025596
Record type Site
Current site name Beacon Light
Related records 10286556

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.00462, 39.5985 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 5 MI NORTHWEST OF VERDI, NEVADA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dog Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Portola(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Honey-Eagle Lakes(hydrologic unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020N 018E 19 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.00462, 39.5985
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dog Valley District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SHIPPED COPPER ORE CONTAINING SILVER TO SMELTER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNITED STATES MINING BUREAU; MINERAL YEARBOOK, VOL. 3 , 1953 , P. 228

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE TYPE OF DEPOSIT IS UNKNOWN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. 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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