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Horseshoe Bend

Occurrence in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040704
MRDS ID M055563
Record type Site
Current site name Horseshoe Bend

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.23099, 37.6752 (WGS84)
Elevation 219

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 17 California

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH SHORE OF MERCED RIVER AT HORSESHOE BAR. UTM LOCATION TO HORSESHOE BEND

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MURDOCH, JOSEPH, AND WEBB, R. W., 1966, MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA...CENTENNIAL VOLUME (1866 - 1966): CDMG BULL. 189

  • Deposit

    BECKER, G. F., 1888, GEOLOGY OF THE QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE: USGS MON 13

  • Deposit

    TURNER, H. W., FURTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GEOLOGY OF THE SIERRA NEVADA: USGS 17TH ANN. RPT. PT. 1, P. 521 - 762.

  • Deposit

    LOWELL, F. L., 1916, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COUNTIES OF EL NORTE, HUMBOLDT, MENDOCINO, MARIPOSA, MERCED, SAN JOACHIN, AND STANISLAUS: CMBR 14, P. 602.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, J. S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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