| Deposit ID | 10031435 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M010224 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Moon Light Group |
| Alternate or previous names | Gold Shore, Gold Shore Lode, Moonlight, Paradise, Sunbeam, Daisey, Inner Fraction, New Year |
| Related records | 10285944 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -120.18411, 41.97458 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2341 |
| Relative position | 1.25 MI EAST OF LILY LAKE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Modoc(county)
California(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mount Bidwell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Cedarville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Alturas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Surprise Valley(hydrologic unit)
North Lahontan(hydrologic accounting unit)
North Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)
California(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Modoc National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | California | Modoc |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 047N | 016E | 06 | SW4 OF NW4 | California |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Talc | Gangue |
| Result | ASSAYS RAN $750-1,700/TON AU ON SOFT BROWN EARTHY PART OF VEIN ON EAST WALL. OTHER ASSAYS RAN $13/TON AU IN WALL ROCK TO $39/TON AU IN RHYOLITE BRECCIA BELOW EARTHY MATERIAL |
|---|
| Model code | 151 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 25d |
| Deposit model name | Epithermal vein, Sado |
| Mark3 model number | 28 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||
| |||
| (1) | -120.18411, 41.97458 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Warner Mountains |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | N Striking Shear Zone |
| General form | VEIN |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 60 W |
| Dip | 80 S |
| Thickness | 1.52M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | High Grade |
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| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | George T. Cline |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 124.97M |
| Overall depth | 7.01M |
| Overall length | 20.12M |
| Overall width | 1.83M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M010224 |
AVERILL, C.V., 1936, MINERAL RESOURCES OF MODOC COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 32, NO. 4, P. 452.
O'BRIEN, J.C., 1948, MODOC COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 44, NO. 4, P. 350.
TUCKER, W.B., 1919, MODOC COUNTY, IN 15TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 247.
O'BRIEN ( 1948 )
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FROM 2 IN.-5 FT THICK. EARTHY PART 4-18 IN. THICK WITH 3 FT OF HARD RHYOLITE BRECCIA BELOW IT. ABOUT 2 IN. OF BLUISH-GREEN TALC WITH SOFT BROWN CLAY SEAMS INCLUDING QUARTZ AND RHYOLITE FRAGMENTS IS FROZEN ON EAST WALL OF SHALLOW SHAFT.; USGS MODEL MAY ALSO BE 25A: HOT-SPRING AU-AG. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1979 | Mateik, R. (Albers, J.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-1991 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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