The Moonlight is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California at an elevation of 2,598 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,598 Feet (792 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.72583, -120.03306
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Moonlight MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Moonlight
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: R. W. Beales, A. W. Jackson, C. Musson
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM EST SW1/4 30 NW1/4 31. ON NORTH FORK OF MERCED RIVER, JUST WEST OF THE MARBLE SPRINGS MINE. ACCESSIBLE BY JEEP TRAIL FROM GREELY HILL AND THE MCDIERMID GUARD STATION VIA THE BONDURANT MINE ROAD.SW1/4 30 NW1/4 31. ON NORTH FORK OF MERCED RIVER, JUST WEST OF THE MARBLE SPRINGS MINE. ACCESSIBLE BY JEEP TRAIL FROM GREELY HILL AND THE MCDIERMID GUARD STATION VIA THE BONDURANT MINE ROAD.
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND, UNDERGOING DEVELOPMENT 1954 & 1955
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, 1 - 4 FT WIDE
Comment (Workings): 340 FT TUNNEL, 70 FT DRIFTS
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SLATE HANGING WALL, DIORITE FOOTWALL
Comment (Deposit): GEOLOGY SIMILAR TO MARBLE SPRINGS MINE.
References
Reference (Deposit): BOWEN, O. E., JR., GRAY, C. H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 1 AND 2 , P. 287
Reference (Deposit): AUBURY, L. E., 1904 , REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, MARIPOSA COUNTY CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 12
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