The Good Luck and Horseshoe is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California.
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Mine Info
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Good Luck and Horseshoe MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Good Luck and Horseshoe
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Minnie Meyer
Home Office: C/O Kenneth Meyer
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM EST. NEAR HWY 140 W OF BEAR CREEK AND NORTH OF TIMBER LODGE.
Comment (Production): NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Deposit): UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
References
Reference (Deposit): BOWEN, O. E., JR., & GRAY, H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 53 , NOS. 1 & 2 , P. 267
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