The Moonlight is a gold mine located in Modoc county, California at an elevation of 7,402 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,402 Feet (2,256 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.95111, -120.21000
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Moonlight MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Moonlight
Secondary: Sunset
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Modoc
District: High Grade
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: J. Williams And William Crow
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Sado
Orebody
Form: VEIN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Warner Mountains
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND
Comment (Deposit): SUNSET VEIN CUTS GRANULAR RHYOLITE AND UNDERLYING ANDESITE. IN THE RHYOLITE THE VEIN CONTAINS TYPICAL BRECCIATED QUARTZ-CEMENTED ORE, BUT IN THE ANDESITE IT CONSISTS OF WHITE QUARTZ. THE VEIN VARIES FROM 2 IN.-2 FT AND CONTAINS OPEN CAVITIES WITH FREE GOLD; USGS MODEL MAY ALSO BE 25A: HOT-SPRING AU-AG.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY A SERIES OF OPEN CUTS, A 65 FT SHAFT, SEVERAL HUNDRED FT ADIT WITH OVER 800 FT OF CROSSCUTS AND DRIFTS
Comment (Deposit): MRDS RECORD W024198 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED
References
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 594, P. 47, PL. 5.
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., 1919, MODOC COUNTY, IN 15TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 249.
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1929, MODOC COUNTY, IN 25TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING, P. 16.
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