The Red Hill is a gold mine located in Amador county, California.
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Mine Info
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Red Hill MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Hill
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Amador
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Claude Hanley
Years: 1953 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1946
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: Bornite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): PROPERTY DEVELOPED INTERMITTENTLY FROM DISCOVERY IN 1946 TO 1949,WHEN WORK WAS STOPPED; IDLE SINCE. MINE WAS UNDER LEASE TO H. P. LIVINGSTON AND APPROX. $5,000 IN GOLD WAS PRODUCED. A 20 TON MILL WAS ERECTED ON THE PROPERTY BUT NEVER OPERATED AND WAS MOVED TO ANOTHER MINE. SOME PRODUCTION BY OWL MNG. CO. 1, 1954
Comment (Workings): 84 DEGREE INCLINED SHAFT 120 FT., AT 100 FT LEVEL DRIFT 58 FT, AT 100 FT. LEVEL CROSSCUTS 130 FT.
Comment (Commodity): FREE GOLD ASSOCIATED WITH SULFIDES
Comment (Location): NE 1/4 SEC 32
References
Reference (Deposit): CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF AMADOR COUNTY, CAL.: CJMG VOL. 50 , P. 192
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MIN. YEARBOOK, 1954, V. 3, P. 201
Reference (Production): CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954
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