Horseshoe Claim

Past Producer in Tuolumne county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, Iron
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10141637
MRDS ID W025929
MAS/MILS ID 0061090034
Record type Site
Current site name Horseshoe Claim
Alternate or previous names Horseshoe, Grassely Claims, Pedro Lease
Related records 10077867

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.5052, 37.90432 (WGS84)
Elevation 326
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Melones Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Stanislaus(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tuolumne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001 N 013 E 25 NWSWNW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Olivine Unknown
Opal Unknown
Pyroxene Unknown
Serpentine Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.5052, 37.90432

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W
    Dip 20W
    Thickness 1M
    Length 18M
    Width 2M
    Area 2HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FOLDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N20W:20W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1918

Mining district

District name Peoria Flat

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Grassley, Eugene
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 134,

  • Deposit

    PART 3, CHAPTER 1, 1948, P. 26-27.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA DIVISON OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPECIAL REPORT 41,

  • Deposit

    P. 55, PLATES 2-4.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE EXPOSED AT SHAFT COLLAR, 1 METER WIDE, 15 METERS LONG. MINE WORKINGS LOCATED IN OLD PLACER DIGGINGS. RESERVES ESTIMATED TO BE 200 LONGTONS OF MILLING GRADE ORE AVERAGING 22 TO 25 PERCENT CR2O3. NO ANALYSIS OF ORE AVAILABLE. INADEQUATE RESOURCES FOR COST ANALYSIS. ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES- DISSEMINATED ORE=S102 11.70, CR2O3 38.37, FEO 12.08, TOTAL FE 16.08, AL203 08.29, MG0 1 5.59, CR/FE 2.10, MGO 15.59, CR/FE 2.10.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-SEP-1994 Wetzel, Nicholas U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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