Ryan Bartholf & Veach, You Bet

The Ryan Bartholf & Veach, You Bet is a manganese mine located in Nevada county, California.

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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

Name: Ryan Bartholf & Veach, You Bet  

State:  California

County:  Nevada

Elevation:

Commodity: Manganese

Lat, Long: 39.16278, -120.92306

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Ryan Bartholf & Veach, You Bet MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Ryan Bartholf & Veach, You Bet


Commodity

Primary: Manganese


Location

State: California
County: Nevada


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: J. M. Gross


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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

Name: Metasedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Metasedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE GRADE 20 TO 30 PERCENT MANGANESE


Materials

Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Psilomelane


Comments

Comment (Geology): HOSTED IN CALAVERAS SERIES - L. ; GEOL.DESC: MANGANESE OXIDES MIXED WITH WHITE CHERT AND CUT BY QUARTZ VEINS, AND ENCLOSED IN SERICITE SCHIST OF THE CALAVERAS FORMATION. AVERAGE STRIKE IS N 15 W, AND DIPS 80 E. ORE MATERIAL IS PSILOMELANE AND PYROLUSITE. RHODONITE FLOAT IS PRESENT.

Comment (Production): THREE CARLOADS MINED AND SHIPPED IN 1915 AND 1916. TOTAL PRODUCTION BETWEEN 150 AND 999 TONS. SOME ORE WAS HAULED TO THE METALS RESERVE DEPOT DURING THE EARLY PART OF 1943, BUT THE MINIMUM SHIPMENT OF 10 TENS HAD NOT BEEN COMPLETED 2/16/43.

Comment (Location): 3 CLAIMS ARE CALLED MIDWAY, NEGRO HEAVEN AND BLUEBIRD, AND PROBABLY INCLUDE SAME PROSPECT AS BARTHOLF AND VEACH MINE OF W.W.I, AND BLACK LEDGE OF W.W.I. PROBABLY IN SW 1/4 SECTION 12

Comment (Workings): WWI CUTS HAD BEEN BULLDOZED OUT IN 1943.


References

Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 125, P. 148

Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 3, JULY 1941, PP. 441, 445

Reference (Deposit): BULL. 152, 1950, PP. 166-7


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