The Griffith Consolidated is a gold mine located in El Dorado county, California.
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Griffith Consolidated MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Griffith Consolidated
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: El Dorado
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Frank B. Richards
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
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Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Workings): 700 -, 150, AND 253-FT. SHAFTS AND DRIFTS; 5-STAMP MILL.
Comment (Deposit): CLAIMS INCLUDE THE GRIFFITH AND BRYANT WHICH IS 2999 FT. LONG AND 600 FT. WIDE AND SEVERAL OTHER UNPATENTED QUARTZ CLAIMS GIVING TOTAL LENGTH OF ABOUT 4500 FT. ALONG THE COURSE OF THE MOTHER LODE.
Comment (Production): WORKED ORIGINALLY IN 1850'S ; ACTIVE 1888-90, 1896, AND 1903. ORE YIELDED FROM $4.25 TO $8 PER TON, ALTHOUGH IN A FEW AREAS IT YIELDED AS MUCH AS $65 PER TON
References
Reference (Deposit): DOM BULL. 108, PP. 25-26
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P. 506, PL. 10; V. 43, NO. 3, P. 262, PL. II
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