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Big Horn Mine

Past Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029492
MRDS ID M007048
Record type Site
Current site name Big Horn Mine
Related records 10114727

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.45267, 38.16769 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Relative position ABOUT 2 1/2 MI NW OF MURPHYS, ON RIDGE N OF SAN DOMINGO CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Murphys(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Calaveras(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004N 014E 29 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST, SE 1/4 SEC

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ABUNDANT SULFIDES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.45267, 38.16769
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ IS DARK BLUE, ALMOST BLACK WITH A PECULIAR GREASY LUSTER

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND, ACTIVE PRIOR TO AND IN 1899

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 53.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • VEIN OPENED UP ALONG LENGTH, ALSO 2 ADITS ON VEIN UPPER 400 FT LONG AND LOWER 420 FT LONG. 75 FT WINZE ON LOWER ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., LYDON, P.A., 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF.; COUNTY REPORT 2 ; CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P 36 , 137 AND PLB

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896 , CALAVERAS COUNTY: 13TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR. P 97 - 98

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., FRANKE, H., 1936 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 32 , NO. 3 ; DIV. OF MINES, P 243 , 298

  • Production

    CLARK, ( 1962 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Mateik, R.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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