The Texas Hill Carrie Todd, Texas is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California.
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Mine Info
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Texas Hill Carrie Todd, Texas MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Texas Hill Carrie Todd, Texas
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: G. Ross Frank And Mary E. Shell
Home Office: C/O W. J. Beatty
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1865
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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 (Workings): THREE DRIFT ADITS EACH SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET LONG; WINZE CONNECTS THE LOWER AND MIDDLE TUNNELS
Comment (Production): KNOWN PRODUCTION IS ABOUT $74,000. ORE PRODUCED 1941-43 AVERAGED ABOUT 1/3 OZ. GOLD AND 1/5 OZ. SILVER PER TON PLUS A LITTLE COPPER AND LEAD. PRIOR TO THAT TIME ORE HAD RUN APPROX. $20 PER TON AT PRESENT PRICE OF GOLD. IDLE SINCE 1943.
Comment (Deposit): ONE CLAIM, THE CARRIE TODD, PATENTED, 20.66 ACRES, AND SEVERAL ADJOINING UNPATENTED CLAIMS. PRODUCED ABOUT 3200 TONS OF GOLD ORE 1919-1943; CONCENTRATES SHIPPED CONTAINED RECOVERABLE LEAD AND COPPER. MOST OF THE ORE WAS TREATED AT THE MINE AND BULLION RECOVERED DIRECTLY.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 1 & 2, JAN.-APRIL, 1957, PP. 174-5, 311
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, PP. 552-3
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 144, PT. 3, 1948, P. 269
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