The Ranch is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California.
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Ranch MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ranch
Secondary: Mccarty
Secondary: New-York - Calaveras
Secondary: Sherman Ranch
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: J. T. Mccarty (Estate)
Production
Not available
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
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1936 SAMPLES: $4.20/TON AU
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): FREE MILLING ABOVE 100 FT LEVEL, LARGELY SULFIDES ON THE 200 FT LEVEL.
Comment (Workings): MAIN VEIN: 2 SHAFTS 400 FT APART. N SHAFT 200 FT DEEP, S SHAFT 335 FT. THEY ARE CONNECTED ON 100 FT LEVEL. ALSO DRIFTS ON 100 M220 AND 300 FT LEVEL. 2ND VEIN WAS MINED BY OPEN PIT AND 200 FT INCLINED SHAFT.
Comment (Geology): 2 - 18 FT THICK VEIN; ALSO 2ND VEIN W DIPS 10 W. MAIN VEIN VARIES FROM 5 1/2 - 8 FT ON 100 FT LEVEL, & FROM 12 - 18 FT ON 200 FT LEVEL. THE QZ LEDGER IS STRATIFIED W SLATE & QUARTZITE.
Comment (Location): UTM EST S 1/2
Comment (Production): NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., & LYDON, P.A., 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. MINES & GEOL., COUNTY REPORT 2 , P. 67 , 175 & PL B
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., FRANKE, H., 1936 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 32 , NO. 3 , P. 282 , 283 , 317
Reference (Production): CLARK, 1962 & LOGAN, 1936
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