The Rich Gulch Mines is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 2,001 feet.
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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: 2,001 Feet (610 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.31889, -120.62778
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Rich Gulch Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rich Gulch Mines
Secondary: Sparrow Hawk
Secondary: Albert
Secondary: Iowa
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Name: Mica Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): BEST ORE IS IN POCKETS
Comment (Location): UTM EST. NW 1/4 IN RICH GULCH AREA
Comment (Production): TWO POCKETS YIELDED $4,000 . FROM IOWA MINE PORTION OF PROPERTY. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, POCKETS
Comment (Workings): ON S TIGER VEIN A 700 FT ADIT, W DRIFTS AND RAISE 65 FT. ALSO 200 FT ADIT.
Comment (Geology): 7 PARALLEL VEINS EXTENDING FROM ADJOINING ILEX PROPERTY INTO NE 1/4 OF NW 1/4 OF SEC 2 . THE SERIES IS CUT BY A VEIN STRIKING N 22 E WHICH, ON SPARROW HAWK CLAIM, HAS A WIDTH OF 2 FT, AND IS SAID TO BE TRACABLE FOR 3000 FT
Comment (Deposit): 134 ACRES UNDER AGRICULTURAL PATENT AND 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS COVERING 3000 FT IN LENGTH CALLED SPARROW-HAWK & ALERT CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., & LYDON, P.A., 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. MINES & GEOL., COUNTY REPORT 2 , P. 176
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., FRANKE, H., 1936 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 32 , NO. 3 , P. 283 , 284 , 317
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