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Moonlight Mine

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Garnet, Tungsten
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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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10212496
MRDS ID D000857
MAS/MILS ID 0060270010
Record type Site
Current site name Moonlight Mine
Alternate or previous names Mesa Tungsten Mine, Aeroplane Tungsten Mine
Related records 10008556

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.52654, 37.34414 (WGS84)
Elevation 1731
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tungsten Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bishop(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crowley Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo 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 Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007 S 031 E 13 NENW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Garnet Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.52654, 37.34414
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 15M
    Length 244M
    Width 30M
    Area 120HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Type of Orebody #3 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 120
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bishop

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Gordon La Vigne
    Home office California
    Year 1973

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method FILLED STOPES
    Swell Factor .6
    Percent Waste Rock 25
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics NO PLANES OF WEAKNESS
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Capacity 50
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 25
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1973

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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