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Buck Horn & Back Bone

Producer in Tuolumne 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034518
MRDS ID M021331
Record type Site
Current site name Buck Horn & Back Bone

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.34128, 37.85464 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 2 1/2 MILES N.W. OF MOCCASIN, ON WEST SLOPE OF THE TUOLUMNE RIVER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moccasin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tuolumne(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
001S 015E 17 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1920 , AURBURN DISTRICT, TUOLUMNE COUNTY: CMB REPT. 17 , P. 485

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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