The Ryan Bartholf & Veach, You Bet is a manganese mine located in Nevada county, California.
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Mine Info
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Ryan Bartholf & Veach, You Bet MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ryan Bartholf & Veach, You Bet
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Nevada
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: J. M. Gross
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: 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
Name: Metasedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Metasedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE GRADE 20 TO 30 PERCENT MANGANESE
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Psilomelane
Comments
Comment (Geology): HOSTED IN CALAVERAS SERIES - L. ; GEOL.DESC: MANGANESE OXIDES MIXED WITH WHITE CHERT AND CUT BY QUARTZ VEINS, AND ENCLOSED IN SERICITE SCHIST OF THE CALAVERAS FORMATION. AVERAGE STRIKE IS N 15 W, AND DIPS 80 E. ORE MATERIAL IS PSILOMELANE AND PYROLUSITE. RHODONITE FLOAT IS PRESENT.
Comment (Production): THREE CARLOADS MINED AND SHIPPED IN 1915 AND 1916. TOTAL PRODUCTION BETWEEN 150 AND 999 TONS. SOME ORE WAS HAULED TO THE METALS RESERVE DEPOT DURING THE EARLY PART OF 1943, BUT THE MINIMUM SHIPMENT OF 10 TENS HAD NOT BEEN COMPLETED 2/16/43.
Comment (Location): 3 CLAIMS ARE CALLED MIDWAY, NEGRO HEAVEN AND BLUEBIRD, AND PROBABLY INCLUDE SAME PROSPECT AS BARTHOLF AND VEACH MINE OF W.W.I, AND BLACK LEDGE OF W.W.I. PROBABLY IN SW 1/4 SECTION 12
Comment (Workings): WWI CUTS HAD BEEN BULLDOZED OUT IN 1943.
References
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 125, P. 148
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 3, JULY 1941, PP. 441, 445
Reference (Deposit): BULL. 152, 1950, PP. 166-7
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