The Right Bower is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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Right Bower MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Right Bower
Secondary: Great Western
Secondary: Western
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
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: S
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: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): GOLD IS USUALLY ASSOCIATED IN GALENA
Comment (Production): AT THE TIME OF CLARKS REPORT THE MINE HAD BEEN ACTIVE SINCE 1954 , AND OPERATORS WERE WORKING A SMALL RICH ORE BODY. NO PRODUCTION FIGURES FOUND
Comment (Workings): N CROSSCUT ADIT - 2 BRANCHES 500 FT. FROM PORTAL. 300 FT. INTO NW BRANCH IS A 140 FT. VERT WINZE. A CUT BEING DRIVEN N AT TIME OF CLARK, 1962 , ACCOUNT
Comment (Geology): SERIES OF NARROW QTZ VEINS IN MICA SCHIST, QTZ-MICA SCHIST & GRAPHITIC SCHIST. A NUMBER OF DIKES OF FINE-GRAINE DIORTE & QTZ DIORITE ARE PRESENT. VEINS ARE INTENSELY FAULTED & SHEARED
Comment (Location): UTM ACC W 1/2 N OF INDIAN CREEK
Comment (Deposit): VEINS
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., & LYDON, P.A., 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. MINES & GEOL., COUNTY REPORT 2 , P. 67 , 176
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896 , CALAVERAS COUNTRY: CALIF. MIN. BUR. 13 TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 117
Reference (Production): CLARK, 1962
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