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Zantgraf Montauk Consolidated, Zantgraf

Producer in El Dorado 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029641
MRDS ID M007316
Record type Site
Current site name Zantgraf Montauk Consolidated, Zantgraf

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.08631, 38.80267 (WGS84)
Relative position SW1/4 SW1/4. LOCATED 1 MI. S OF RATTLESNAKE BRIDGE ON E. SIDE OF AMERICAN RIVER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pilot Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California El Dorado

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 008E 16 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.08631, 38.80267
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner U.S. Government (Land Withdrawn For Dam Site).

Comments on the production information

  • FIRST WORKED IN 1880 AND IN 1888 A MILL WAS IN OPERATION. ACTIVE DURING 1890'S AND MILL ENLARGED. BT. 1898 AND 1901 IT WAS OPERATED BY MONTAUK CONS. MNG. CO. AND TOTAL OUTPUT OF THE MINE UP TO 1902 WAS VALUED AT ABOUT $1,000,000. IDLE UNTIL 1924 WHEN A SMALL AMT. OF PROSPECTING WAS DONE AND AGAIN 1933-38 AND AGAIN IN 1941 WHEN PROPERTY WAS PROSPECTED AND SOME GOLD PRODUCED. IDLE SINCE THAT TIME.

Comments on the workings information

  • A 1130--FT. INCLINED SHAFT WITH LEVELS EVERY 100 FT.; A 500-FT. CROSSCUT ADIT JOINS SHAFT ON 300 FT. LEVEL; A 200-FT. SHAFT AND A 190 FT. SHAFT; DRIFTING , STOPES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, PP. 429, 540, PL. 10; V. 34, NO. 3, PL. 11

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NEARLY ALL THE ORE THAT WAS MINED WAS FROM THE MAIN OR ZANTGRAF VEIN, WHICH RANGES FROM 2-6 FT. IN WIDTH. THE ORE CONTAINED FREE GOLD WITH ASSOCIATED AURIFEROUS PYRITE AND GALENA. VALUES RANGED FROM $2 TO AS MUCH AS $100 PER TON BUT AVE. WAS BT. $7 AND $8 PER TON.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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