Rutherford & Cranberry Mines, Clearing House, Clearing House Mining District, East Belt, Mariposa County, California, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Rutherford & Cranberry Mines | Group of Mines |
| Clearing House | - not defined - |
| Clearing House Mining District | Mining District |
| East Belt | - not defined - |
| Mariposa County | County |
| California | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° 40' 23'' North , 119° 51' 59'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Group of Mines
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Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Mariposa Gem & Mineral Club | Mariposa, California | 23km |
A former lode Au-Pb mine located in sec. 15 and in the N½ sec. 22, T3S, R19E, MDM, 0.9 km (3,000 feet) N of Clearing House, on National Forest land. Discovered in 1863. Operated by L. G. Goodrich. MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 1,000 meters.
Mineralization is a vein deposit, with as many as 9 or more veins configured in 2 sets, hosted in granite, slate, schist, hornfels, and diorite. The ore body strikes N50W and dips 40-50NE at a thickness of 3.35 meters. Veins on the Rutherford Mine strike N10-15E, 75-80W and N75-80E, with a nearly vertical dip, cutting coarse-grained biotite granodiorite or quartz diorite cut by dikes of fine-grained hornblenditic quartz diorite. The veins cut coarse granite with small pendants of slate, schist & hornfels. Local rocks include Paleozoic marine rocks, undivided, unit 4 (Western Sierra Nevada) and/or Mesozoic granitic rocks, unit 3 (Sierra Nevada, Death Valley area, Northern Mojave Desert and Transverse Ranges).
Workings include underground openings with a length of 579.12 meters and an overall depth of 97.54 meters. The Rutherford Mine has a 320 foot shaft and winze, and a 200 foot shaft with considerable drifting. The Cranberry Mine has 3 adits over 200 feet long, an 80 foot shaft, drifts and stopes.
Production data are found in: Bowen, O.E., Jr. & C.H. Gray, Jr. (1957).
No production record but must have been substantial. The ore averaged $10 to $20/ton (period values), with some masses to $4,500/ton (period values).
Analytical data results: Pyrite concentrates assayed $35 - $40/ton (period values) in the 1880's.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
| ⓘ Native Gold Formula: Au |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 Description: Reference mentions pyrite concentrates. |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10031211 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
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- Sierra Nevada BatholithVolcanic Arc
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- Sierra NevadaMountain Range
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References
(n.d.) Minerals Availability System (MAS), U.S. Bureau of Mines.file ID #0060430575
