Rawhide Deposit

The Rawhide Deposit is a gold mine located in Tuolumne county, California at an elevation of 1,640 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

Name: Rawhide Deposit

State:  California

County:  Tuolumne

Elevation: 1,640 Feet (500 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 37.9614, -120.44920

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Rawhide Deposit MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Rawhide Deposit
Secondary: Rawhide
Secondary: Paducah
Secondary: Part of the Jamestown Group


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver


Location

State: California
County: Tuolumne
District: Jamestown Area


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Type: Federal Lease
Type: Minerals Only


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Pathfinder Gold Corp.
Percent: 30.00
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1986

Owner Name: Sonora Gold Mining Corp.
Percent: 70.00
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1986


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Milling Method: Flotation
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

Not available


Comments

Comment (Economic Factors): FOR DETAIL ON DEVELOPMENT AND MINING SEE THE JAMESTOWN GROUP MAS PROPERTY LISTING - SEQ# 0061090892.

Comment (Geology): SEE MAS PROPERTY SEQ# 0061090562 FOR GEOLOGY/LITHOLOGY/MINERALS DETAILE, FOR AREA DEPOSITS.


References

Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES & GEOLOGY, VOL45, NO1, JAN. 1949

Reference (Deposit): PL8.

Reference (Deposit): 24TH REPORT OF STATE MINERALS, PAGE 36.

Reference (Deposit): DOM BULL 108, PP 171-178.

Reference (Deposit): DOM SR 41, PL 2, 4.

Reference (Deposit): SONORA GOLD MINING CORP., 1990 EIS FILE, JAMESTOWN MINE.

Reference (Deposit): MSHA.DBF; 03/95.


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