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Rawhide

Past 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034614
MRDS ID M021457
Record type Site
Current site name Rawhide
Related records 10141938

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.44572, 37.9613 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 2 MILES N.W. OF JAMESTOWN, TO THE N. OF TABLE MOUNTAIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sonora(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Stanislaus(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
Mount Diablo 001N 014E 09;09 California

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 OF NE 1/4 SEC. 9

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Dolomite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.44572, 37.9613
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 34 W
    Dip 75 NE
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SERPENTINE FOOTWALL, SLATE ON HANGING WALL. VEIN AS THICK AS 70 FT BETWEEN HOST ROCKS, BUT ORE VEIN ON FOOTWALL SIDE OF CONTACT, SEPARATED BY THIN LAYER OF GONGE; VEIN AVERAGES 20 FT IN THICKNESS; SAME ORE VEIN MINED IN N.W. AJOINING RAPPAHANNOCK CLAIM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mother Lode Belt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 117.768HA
    Overall depth 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • SOUTH OR MAIN SHAFT ON VEIN TO DEPTH OF 2000 FT. ON 6 DEGREE INCLINE; SECOND SHAFT 1000 FT NORTH ON VEIN 400 FT.; LEVELS WITH DRIFTS EVERY 100 FT. LATER DEVELOPMENT IN 1921 PROVED WORTHLESS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , TUOLUMNE COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 159 - 160

  • Production

    TUCKER, W.B., 1914

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE SHOOT TRENDS NORTH.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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