The Ohio Buckminster, Uptograph is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California.
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Mine Info
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Ohio Buckminster, Uptograph MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ohio Buckminster, Uptograph
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
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: Gold
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: HYDRAULIC AND DRIFT MINE. ON CENTRAL HILL CHANNEL. TWO CHANNELS SEPARATED BY 15' OF RHYOLITE TUFF. LOWER CHANNEL UP TO 100' DEEP, 200' WIDE; UPPER CHANNEL UP TO 1000' WIDE, CAPPED BY 100' RHYOLITE TUFF. GRAVEL CONSISTING LARGELY OF CALAVERAS SCHIST.
Comment (Workings): HYDRAULICKING CEASED ABOUT 1900 WHEN TAILING POND S OF HIGHWAY WAS FILLED. LONG N-TRENDING TUNNEL PROSPECTED INTERMITTENTLY 1930S TO EARLY 1950S. ZIRCON OCCURS IN SANDS AT DOUGLAS FLAT. CONCENTRATION - 64 LBS. ZIRCON PER TON OF BLACK SAND.
Comment (Production): HYDRAULICKED PRIOR TO 1893; DRIFTING 1893-96(?)
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. COUNTY REPT. NO. 2, P. 203 AND PL. C; V. 32, NO. 3, P. 357 AND 364; REPT. 12, P. 99
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. B. 176, P. 708
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