The Rathgeb Mine is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California.
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Rathgeb Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rathgeb Mine
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
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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 (Production): IN 1870 AMOUNTED TO $5000; ACTIVE EARLY 1850S TO 1870S. 220' SHAFT, WITH SHORT DRIFTS ON THE 120- AND 200-FT. LEVELS. B. 108, P. 147, GIVES AN EXCERPT FROM AN ACCOUNT BY T.A. RICKARD IN WHICH HE SAYS THAT ACICULAR BLACK CRYSTALS OF PITCHBLENDE (URANINITE) TOGETHER WITH URANIUM OCHRE WERE IN THE QUARTZ ASSOCIATED WITH THE GOLD IN A LARGE POCKET TAKEN FROM THIS MINE IN 1887. HOWEVER, V. 32, NO. 3, P. 283, SAYS THAT THIS EXCERPT REALLY APPLIES TO THE UNION CORDOVA MINE IN SEC, 33 THIS TOWNSHIP. A RADIOACTIVITY RECONNAISSANCE OF DUMP AND TESTS OF QUARTZ VEIN INDICATE ONLY LOW GAMMA-RAY ACTIVITY AND FAIL TO CONFIRM PRESENCE OF URANIFEROUS MINERAL. (SP. REPT. 49)
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: VEIN ON CONTACT OF BLACK CLAY SLATES AND AMPHIBOLITE SCHIST; STRIKES N AND DIPS 70 DEG. E. IN 1873 ORE ON THE DUMP WAS REPORTED TO BE WORTH $7 A TON, CONTAINING 5% SULPHIDES AND COMING FROM A VEIN 4' THICK.
Comment (Deposit): USGS MAP I-299 124; MANUAL OF WAR MINERALS OF COUNTIES OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, 2ND ED., SEPT. 1, 1944, P. 28; USGS MAP GQ-222
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. COUNTY REPT. NO.2, P. 71-72, /176, AND PL. B; SPEC. REPT. 49, P. 10 AND 28-29
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. V. 32, NO. 3, P. 283 AND 317; B. 108, P. 147 AND PL. 6
Reference (Deposit): USGS P.P. 157, PL.2
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