The Buffalo-What-Cheer Mines is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California.
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Buffalo-What-Cheer Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buffalo-What-Cheer Mines
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Production): GOLD BEING PRODUCED FROM TROUGH OF CHANNEL; 13 MEN EMPLOYED. 300' VERTICAL SHAFT; 550' DRIFT N ON THE EAST RIM; WINZE BEING SUNK TO BOTTOM OF CHANNEL. WORKED PRIOR TO 1901; DRIFTS RUN 1902; IDLE 1903-16; DEWATERING AND DEVELOPMENT 1934-35.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: THE GRAVEL IS SLIGHTLY CEMENTED. BEDROCK CONSISTS OF MINERALIZED SLATE, WHICH IS OF LITTLE VALUE. THE SMALL AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT COMPLETED BY DEC. 1935 SHOWED THAT THE RIM GRAVEL CONTAINED GOLD IN FINE SIZES, WITH CONSIDERABLE BLACK SAND AND IRON SULPHIDES, WITH MINOR OSMIUM, PLATINUM.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. COUNTY REPT. NO. 2, P. 191 AND PL. C. AND P. 93 AND 209
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. V. 32, NO. 3, P. 329, 357, 364 AND PL. 6; B. 135, P. 254
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