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Golden Horseshoe

Past Producer in Plumas county in California, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077105
MRDS ID W024540
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Horseshoe
Alternate or previous names Novak
Related records 10286170

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.29242, 40.0821 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 13 MILES NW OF DOYLE, SITUATED ON THE SLOPE OF THE RIDGE NE OF LAST CHANCE CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ferris Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Branch North Fork Feather(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 Plumas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026N 015E 21,28 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE RUNS
Result 3 - 5 % CU, $1.20 AU AND SOME AG VALUES

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) -120.29242, 40.0821
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 W
    Dip 85 W
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 1097.28M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: WALL ROCKS OF THE QUARTZ VEIN ARE ALTERED TO ACTINOLITE SCHIST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1915

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 97.54M
    Overall depth 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL SHAFT 120 FT DEEP, AT BOTTOM OF SHAFT ARE DRIFTS OF 25 AND 50 FT. RUNNING SOUTH AND NORTH RESPECTIVELY. CROSSCUT TUNNEL 125 FT. LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1937 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF PLUMAS COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 33 , NOS. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 131

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 287

  • Deposit

    MACBOYLE, E., 1920 , PLUMAS COUNTY; 16TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 59 - 60

  • Production

    ERIC, J.H., 1948

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS FISSURE VEIN FILLED WITH QUARTZ AND SCHIST. OXIDE ZONE HAS DEPTH OF 35 FT. AND IS CAPPED BY AN IRON GOSSAN.
Deposit COPPER KING AND COPPER QUEEN ADJOIN IT TO THE NORTH COMPRISED OF 140 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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