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Rutherford & Cranberry

Past Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
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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. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031211
MRDS ID M009849
Record type Site
Current site name Rutherford & Cranberry
Related records 10286262

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.86737, 37.67299 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position NEAR CLEARINGHOUSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

El Portal(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yosemite Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Merced(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Stanislaus 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 Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 019E 15,22 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result PYRITE CONC. ASSAY $35 - $40/TON 1880'S

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 50 W
    Dip 40 - 50 NE
    Thickness 3.35M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN CUTS COARSE GRANITE W/SMALL PENDANTS OF SLATE, SCHIST & HORNFELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1863

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner L. G. Goodrich

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FOUND, BUT MUST HAVE BEEN SUBSTANTIAL. ORE AVERAGED $10 - $20/TON WITH SOME MASSES TO $4500/TON

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 579.12M
    Overall depth 97.54M

Comments on the workings information

  • RUTHERFORD MINE HAS 320 FT SHAFT & WINZE, 200 FT SHAFT W/CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING. CRANBERRY MINE HAS 3 ADITS OVER 200 FT LONG, 80 FT SHAFT, DRIFTS, STOPES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOWEN, O. E., JR., GRAY, C. H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 1 AND 2 , P. 165 - 167 , 302

  • Production

    BOWEN & GRAY 1957 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, POSSIBLY 9 OR MORE IN 2 SETS TWO SETS OF VEINS ON RUTHERFORD MINE STRIKE N 10 - 15 E, 75 - 80 W; N 75 - 80 E, NEARLY VERTICAL DIP, CUTTING COARSE-GRAINED BIOTITE GRANODIORITE OR QUARTZ DIORITE CUT BY DIKES OF FINE-GRAINED DIKES OF FINE-GRAINED HORNBLENDIC QUARTZ DIORITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Bowman, J. And Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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