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Golden Horse Shoe Gp.

Past Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007217
MRDS ID C010637
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Horse Shoe Gp.
Related records 10236902

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.32594, 37.51077 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 8 MI. N LAWS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chalfant Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crowley Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo 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 Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005S 033E 14 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.32594, 37.51077
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip NW
    Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL DRIVEN 150 FT. NE ON VEIN 50 FT. ABOVE, ANOTHER TUNNEL DRIVEN NE 140 FT. OTHER SHORT TUNNELS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1940 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF MONO COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 36 , NO. 2 , P. 124 , PL. 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 CLAIMS. PLATE 1 OF REF. INDICATES MINE IN SW 1/4. TOPO MAP INDICATES NO PROSPECT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEIN, 2 - 4 FT. THICK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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