The Hathaway is a gold mine located in Placer county, California at an elevation of 1,099 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: 1,099 Feet (335 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.90361, -121.11444
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Hathaway MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hathaway
Secondary: Buttes
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Arsenic
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: Placer
District: Ophir
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1888
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: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Marcasite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, STOPES, DRIFTS, TUNNEL
Comment (Deposit): 24 ACRES. ADJOINS KIRKLAND CLAIM ON EAST. SAME VEIN IN EUREKA NO. 1 CLAIM TO WEST. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. NW 1/4 , SW 1/4
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, 1 1/2 - 2 FT. THICK. CARRIES 1 3/4 - 2 % SULFIDES
References
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896 , GOLD-PLACER: REPORT 13 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 280 .
Reference (Production): LOGAN ( 1936 ), WARING ( 1917 )
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1936 , GOLD MINES OF PLACER COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 32 , NO. 1 , P. 26 , 29 .
Reference (Deposit): WARING, CLARENCE A., 1917 , PLACER COUNTY: REPORT 15 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 341 , PL. FACING P. 318 .
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