Moon Mountain

Occurrence in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10210260
MAS/MILS ID 0040120347
Record type Site
Current site name Moon Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.29549, 33.95255 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moon Mountain NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blythe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona La Paz

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.29549, 33.95255

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Moon Mountain Gold Mines Co (George P A Schaaf)
    Interest 100
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1940

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ON COLO RIVER INDIAN RES 16 MI NW OF QUARTZITE

  • Deposit

    ARIZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Admr U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.