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Blue Metal

Past Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodity Molybdenum
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103548
MRDS ID M030160
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Metal
Alternate or previous names Blue Speck

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.25098, 38.44992 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MILES WEST OF SWEETWATER, NEV.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Patterson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe 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 Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 025E 19 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore

Analytical data

Result 0.2 TO 0.9 % MOS2 ( 1925 ANALYSIS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.25098, 38.44992
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1932 - 1935

Comments on the production information

  • SOME PRODUCTION IN 1917 , AMOUNT UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KIRKEMO ET. AL.; 1965 ; MOLY IN THE U.S.; U.S.G.S. BULL. 1182 - E, P. 38

  • Deposit

    KING, R. U.; U.S.G.S., (UNPUB. DATA)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN QUARTZ VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Theodore, Ted G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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