Black Horse

Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034684
MRDS ID M021557
Record type Site
Current site name Black Horse
Related records 10212084

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.21266, 37.70353 (WGS84)
Elevation 564
Relative position 1 MI WSW OF 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 016E 04 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.21266, 37.70353

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 60 NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. LONG INACTIVE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • 25 FT INCLINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L.E., 1903 , REGISTER OF MINES & MINERALS FOR MARIPOSA CO., CALIF: CDMG, P. 17

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit UNPATENTED CLAIM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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