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Blue Metal, Blue Speck

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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008319
MRDS ID D000374
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Metal, Blue Speck

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.25098, 38.44992 (WGS84)
Relative position IN SWEETWATER MTNS, 5 MILES WEST OF SWEETWATER, NEVADA

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 Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore

Analytical data

Result 0.2% TO 0.9% MOS2 IN ORE (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 Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • SOME PRODUCTION IN 1917 AMOUNT UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KIRKEMO, ANDERSON, CREASEY, 1965, INVESTIGATIONS OF MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS IN THE COUNTERMINOUS U.S.: USGS BULL. 1182-E

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, C.A., COX, M.W., 1943, MEMORANDUM REPT. OF THE BLUE SPECK MOLYBDENUM MINE, INYO COUNTY, CALIF: UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1974 King, Robert U. U.S. Geological Survey

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