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Moore Mine

Prospect in Napa county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, Iron
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10261237
MAS/MILS ID 0060550061
Record type Site
Current site name Moore Mine
Alternate or previous names Moore Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -122.34496, 38.79738 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Napa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Healdsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Napa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011 N 004 W 18 SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Serpentine Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -122.34496, 38.79738
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0M
    Length 9M
    Width 76M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Shape of Orebody #1 PIPELIKE
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N00E:
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1918
Year of first production 1918

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John Moore
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CALDWELL DESCRIBES THE ORE AS BLACK,SPECKLED,AND HOMOGENOUS, GOING FROM 41 TO 46 PERCENT IN CR2O3 CONTENT. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOW,D.H.,AND THAYER,T.P.,1946,CDMAND G BULL 134,PT.2,CHAP.1,

  • Deposit

    ALSO IN SECS 17 SW 1/4, SEC 18 NE 1/4, SEC 19 NE 1/4 AND SW

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-MAY-1986 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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