The Hunt and Robie Ranches is a silver and gold mine located in Calaveras county, California.
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Hunt and Robie Ranches MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hunt and Robie Ranches
Secondary: Milton Gold Dredging Enterprise 1936
Secondary: Stagan Mining Company 1940
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
District: Jenny Lind
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
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Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: THE ROBIE RANCH GRAVEL DEPOSIT HAS AVE. DEPTH OF ABT. 7'AND IS THOUGHT TO TEST ABOUT 25?/CU. YD. BEDROCK IS VOLCANIC TUFF. PORTIONS OF THE GRAVEL ARE LAVA CAPPED, AND IN A FEW PLACES THE GRAVEL IS PARTLY CEMENTED. IN 1940, 86,000 CU. YDS. OF GRAVEL YIELDED 615 OZ. GOLD AND 37 OZ. SILVER AT HUNT RANCH; AT ROBIE RANCH 414,000 CU. YDS. OF GRAVEL YIELDED 2287 OZ. GOLD AND 145 OZ. SILVER. DRAGLINE DREDGE; FROM 2000-3000 CU. YDS. OF GRAVEL TREATED DAILY IN 1936; 3 MEN EMPLOYED
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. COUNTY REPT. NO. 2, P. 202 AND 207
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. V. 32, NO. 3, P. 348; B. 135, P. 253
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