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Moyle and Seco Lease

Producer in Tuolumne county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
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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. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077872
MRDS ID W025937
Record type Site
Current site name Moyle and Seco Lease
Related records 10281497

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.48906, 37.90409 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Relative position APPROX. 10.5 MILES SW OF SONORA, CA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sonora(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Stanislaus(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 001N 013E 25 California

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN, BUT IS THOUGHT TO BE A CAVEDSHAFT A SHORT DISTANCE BELOW THE SULLIVAN AND KAHL LEASE (M100614).; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = SAN JOSE 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREG

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE WESTERNMOST OF TWO SERPENTINE BELTS THAT TREND NW-SE ACROSS THE COUNTY. THE BELT IS EXPOSED OVER AN AREA 30KM BY 6KM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Peoria Flat Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1945
    Period Wwi
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^42% Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 42wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CATER, F.W.JR., 1948, CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT.2, P.30, 31

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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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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