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Horse Shoe

Past Producer in Yuba county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead
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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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034323
MRDS ID M021083
Record type Site
Current site name Horse Shoe
Related records 10287098

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.20104, 39.48627 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yuba(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Challenge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuba City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yuba(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Plumas 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 Yuba

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 007E 20 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.46M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1933 - 1940

Mining district

District name Challenge

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • LEAD AND COPPER RECOVERED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 164.59M

Comments on the workings information

  • 90 FT. SHAFT AND 450 FT. DRAINAGE ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948 : COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 : DIV. OF MINES, P. 357

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957 : LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIF.; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 : DIV. OF MINES, P. 724

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) 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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