Mine detail: Moon Light Group

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Location: Modoc County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.97458, -120.18411
dep_id: 10031435
mrds_id: M010224
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold, Pyrite, Silver
gangue: Quartz, Talc
orebody_fm: VEIN
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 151: Epithermal vein, Sado
Reporter: Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.), Mateik, R. (Albers, J.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Warner Mountains, N Striking Shear Zone
tectonic: Basin And Range
References:
  • Deposit:: AVERILL, C.V., 1936, MINERAL RESOURCES OF MODOC COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 32, NO. 4, P. 452.
  • Deposit:: *RIEN, J.C., 1948, MODOC COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 44, NO. 4, P. 350.
  • Deposit:: TUCKER, W.B., 1919, MODOC COUNTY, IN 15TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 247.
  • Production:: *RIEN ( 1948 )
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