The Rawhide is a gold mine located in Tuolumne county, California.
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Mine Info
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Rawhide MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rawhide
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Tuolumne
District: Mother Lode Belt
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Dolomite
Comments
Comment (Location): NE 1/4 OF NE 1/4 SEC. 9
Comment (Deposit): ORE SHOOT TRENDS NORTH.
Comment (Workings): SOUTH OR MAIN SHAFT ON VEIN TO DEPTH OF 2000 FT. ON 6 DEGREE INCLINE; SECOND SHAFT 1000 FT NORTH ON VEIN 400 FT.; LEVELS WITH DRIFTS EVERY 100 FT. LATER DEVELOPMENT IN 1921 PROVED WORTHLESS.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SERPENTINE FOOTWALL, SLATE ON HANGING WALL. VEIN AS THICK AS 70 FT BETWEEN HOST ROCKS, BUT ORE VEIN ON FOOTWALL SIDE OF CONTACT, SEPARATED BY THIN LAYER OF GONGE; VEIN AVERAGES 20 FT IN THICKNESS; SAME ORE VEIN MINED IN N.W. AJOINING RAPPAHANNOCK CLAIM.
References
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , TUOLUMNE COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 159 - 160
Reference (Production): TUCKER, W.B., 1914
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