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Moore Creek Prospect

Past Producer in Napa county in California, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10285929
MAS/MILS ID 0060550007
Record type Site
Current site name Moore Creek Prospect
Alternate or previous names Manganese Ridge Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -122.40776, 38.53909 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Napa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saint Helena(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Healdsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Pablo Bay(hydrologic unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Francisco Bay(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 008 N 005 W 15 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Franciscan Complex, unit 1 (Coast Ranges)
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1918

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wolcott, Charles E.
    Home office California
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF BULL 125 1943 P 145; CALIF BULL 76 1918 P 51

  • Deposit

    PRODUCTION 150 TO 999 TONS; AVERAGE GRADE WAS 44 % MANGANESE

  • Deposit

    SILICA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-MAY-1986 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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