Description
Thomas Ramsey, R.C. Crook, H. Ramsey
Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
TertiaryArsenic, Copper, Antimony, Zinc, Bismuth
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR TO TABULAR
Ore controlFissures
Materials
Ore mineralsBismuthinite, Famatinite, Gold, Sphalerite, Tennantite
GangueAlunite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDacite,Latite
StructureFaulting, Gouge Zones Terminate Ore Zones
AlterationSilicification, Alunitization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1906
Discovery year1903
Identification
Deposit ID10104101
MRDS IDM241885
Alternate namesRelocated, Rickard No. 1 and No. 2 Shafts, Incline Shaft., Slim Jim Fraction Originally Tennessee and Berkeley Claims,, Hayes-Monnette No. 1 and No. 2 Shafts, Mackenzie Shaft, Oddie Shaft,, Begore Shaft, Kalfus Shaft, Curtis No. 1 Shaft, Mcnaughton Shaft,, Mohawk Nos. 1 and 2,, Partof Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co. After 1906, Mohawk Group,, Mohawk Shaft, Frances-Mohawk Shaft, Upper Curtis Shaft, Truett Shaft,, Mohawk Nol 1 Shaft, Mohawk No. 2 Shaft,
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.71717, -117.22369
References
RANSOME, F.L., 1909, USGS P.P. 66.NBMG REPORT 33, P. 77-86.TOLMAN & AMBROSE, 1934, ECON. GEOL VOL.L 29, P 255-279MOUNT, PRISCILLA, 1964, NBMG BULL 65, P. 78.SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1982, P. 180; RANSOME, 1909, P. 204-205.