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Black Horse

Prospect in Mono county in California, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031483
MRDS ID M010356
Record type Site
Current site name Black Horse
Related records 10236793

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.25458, 38.38409 (WGS84)
Elevation 2804
Relative position IN SWEETWATER MOUNTAINS, 9 MI. N. OF BRIDGEPORT BY AIR, JUST N. OF DIVIDE BETWEEN FRYINGPAN CANYON AND MURPHY CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Patterson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 025E 08 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN N 1/2 SECTION 8

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.25458, 38.38409
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PSILOMELANE STRINGERS 1 TO 4 INCHES THICK IN A CRYSTAL LITHIC ANDESITIC TUFF AND BRECCIA (DACITE?). GENERAL TREND OF THE STRINGERS IS NW - SE, DIPPING SW. SOME MANGANITE MAY BE PRESENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORDED.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY A CUT 28' LONG, 4' WIDE, AND 15' DEEP WITH A SHAFT STARTED AT THE END; ANOTHER CUT IS CAVED; 15' TUNNEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 125, P. 143

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 152, P. 150-51

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1977 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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