The Golden Horseshoe is a copper mine located in Plumas county, California at an elevation of 6,201 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.08222, -120.29139
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Golden Horseshoe MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golden Horseshoe
Secondary: Novak
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Plumas
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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
Analytical Data: 3 - 5 % CU, $1.20 AU AND SOME AG VALUES
Analytical Data: ORE RUNS
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS FISSURE VEIN FILLED WITH QUARTZ AND SCHIST. OXIDE ZONE HAS DEPTH OF 35 FT. AND IS CAPPED BY AN IRON GOSSAN.
Comment (Workings): 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.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: WALL ROCKS OF THE QUARTZ VEIN ARE ALTERED TO ACTINOLITE SCHIST.
Comment (Deposit): COPPER KING AND COPPER QUEEN ADJOIN IT TO THE NORTH COMPRISED OF 140 ACRES.
References
Reference (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
Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J.H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 287
Reference (Deposit): MACBOYLE, E., 1920 , PLUMAS COUNTY; 16TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 59 - 60
Reference (Production): ERIC, J.H., 1948
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