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