More About the Mine
Here are some more views of the gold-bearing quartz veins, the source of the gold at the Blue Ribbon Mine.
These gold-bearing quartz veins were
found during exploration trenching at the Potato Patch in 1997.
In fact, that is when most of the veins shown on this site were
found. They had beed buried by boulders and tailings from
long-dead mining operations and landslides, and overgrown by
vegetation. I was following up on a 'hunch.' Now comes the hard
part: determining the value and volume of ore, and the best way
to recover it.
You can see that some parts of the veins are milky-white, and some are stained brown, red, and orange. They were crushed after they formed, and probably the processes of intrusion and crushing were repeated numerous times. The rock hammer is 14" long.
Next we see some more veins, this time a bit closer to show some details.
And lastly, here is a section of the Tertiary Conglomerate. The wedge-like object is sandstone. The unit has obviously been uplifted. and shows an easterly dip. This section is in a road cut about 3/4 mile below the Potato Patch.
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