The Rough-And-Ready is a gold mine located in Nevada county, California at an elevation of 2,100 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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
Elevation: 2,100 Feet (640 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.2325, -121.12639
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Rough-And-Ready MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rough-And-Ready
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Location
State: California
County: Nevada
District: Rough-And-Ready District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1848
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
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: HEAVY SAND FROM HYDRAULIC CLEANUP YIELDED $115.75/TON AU (0.755 OZ/TON, 26 PPM), $15.60/TON PT (0.520 OZ/TON, 18 PPM), CONCENTRATION NOT KNOWN
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): DEPOSIT IS ASSUMED TO BE NEAR TOWN OF ROUGH AND READY. LOCATION GIVEN IS WHERE LOWER DITCH CROSSES HIGHWAY 20 ABOUT 0.5 MI EAST-NORTHEAST OF TOWN OF ROUGH AND READY.
Comment (Workings): DRIFT MINING AND HYDRAULIC 1850'S, MINOR PROSPECTING SINCE 1930'S
References
Reference (Deposit): DAY, D.T., AND RICHARDS, R.H., 1906, USEFUL MINERALS IN THE BLACK SANDS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1905, P. 1186-1187.
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 113.
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