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Horseshoe Bend Mountain Occurrence

Occurrence in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodity Sulfur
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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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030867
MRDS ID M009333
Record type Site
Current site name Horseshoe Bend Mountain Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.18988, 37.66909 (WGS84)
Relative position ON HORSESHOE BEN MOUNTAIN NEAR COULTERVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coulterville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Merced(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 016E 15,16 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.18988, 37.66909
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CRYSTAL OF ELEMENTAL SULFUR HAVE BEEN FOUND WITH CINNABAR.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POSSIBLY AT SAME LOCATION AS CRYSTAL (PENOBSCOTT) GOLD-QUICKSILVER MINE OR IN ITS VICINITY? (SEE CARD THESE SECS.)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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