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Moonlight

Occurrence in Modoc county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10115786
MRDS ID W024197
MAS/MILS ID 0060490122
Record type Site
Current site name Moonlight
Alternate or previous names Sunset
Related records 10076898, 10139550, 10285790

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.20965, 41.95046 (WGS84)
Elevation 2194
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Modoc(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Bidwell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cedarville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Alturas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Surprise Valley(hydrologic unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Modoc 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 Modoc

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 047 N 015 E 12 SWSWSW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.20965, 41.95046
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. REPT. 25, 1929, P. 16; REPT. 15, P. 249; USGS B. 594,

  • Deposit

    AND P. 47

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-JAN-1997 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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