The Zantgraf Montauk Consolidated, Zantgraf is a gold mine located in El Dorado county, California.
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Mine Info
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Zantgraf Montauk Consolidated, Zantgraf MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Zantgraf Montauk Consolidated, Zantgraf
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: El Dorado
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: U.S. Government (Land Withdrawn For Dam Site).
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): FIRST WORKED IN 1880 AND IN 1888 A MILL WAS IN OPERATION. ACTIVE DURING 1890'S AND MILL ENLARGED. BT. 1898 AND 1901 IT WAS OPERATED BY MONTAUK CONS. MNG. CO. AND TOTAL OUTPUT OF THE MINE UP TO 1902 WAS VALUED AT ABOUT $1,000,000. IDLE UNTIL 1924 WHEN A SMALL AMT. OF PROSPECTING WAS DONE AND AGAIN 1933-38 AND AGAIN IN 1941 WHEN PROPERTY WAS PROSPECTED AND SOME GOLD PRODUCED. IDLE SINCE THAT TIME.
Comment (Workings): A 1130--FT. INCLINED SHAFT WITH LEVELS EVERY 100 FT.; A 500-FT. CROSSCUT ADIT JOINS SHAFT ON 300 FT. LEVEL; A 200-FT. SHAFT AND A 190 FT. SHAFT; DRIFTING , STOPES.
Comment (Deposit): NEARLY ALL THE ORE THAT WAS MINED WAS FROM THE MAIN OR ZANTGRAF VEIN, WHICH RANGES FROM 2-6 FT. IN WIDTH. THE ORE CONTAINED FREE GOLD WITH ASSOCIATED AURIFEROUS PYRITE AND GALENA. VALUES RANGED FROM $2 TO AS MUCH AS $100 PER TON BUT AVE. WAS BT. $7 AND $8 PER TON.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, PP. 429, 540, PL. 10; V. 34, NO. 3, PL. 11
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