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Jenny Lind

Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Osmium, Iridium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038061
MRDS ID M045332
Record type Site
Current site name Jenny Lind
Alternate or previous names Calaveras River
Related records 10113983

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.86907, 38.09019 (WGS84)
Elevation 59
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position AT JENNY LIND TOWNSITE DOWNSTREAM FOR ABOUT 3 MI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jenny Lind(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 010E 21,22,28,32,33 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR CALAVERAS RIVER DIRECTLY SOUTH OF TOWN OF JENNY LIND

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Osmium Tertiary
Iridium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result PGE SAMPLE ANALYSIS: 56.5% PT, 30.0% OS+IR, 4.0% AU (LOGAN, P. 109)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Ione Formation
    Rock description Ione Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.86907, 38.09019
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
    Depth to top 4.57M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1853

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Milton Gold Dredging Co.
    First year 1935

Comments on the workings information

  • HYDRAULIC AND DREDGING. SOME OF MATERIAL RECOVERED BY DREDGING CONSISTED OF OLD HYDRAULIC TAILINGS.

Comments on development

  • MINING OF RIVER BED AND OLD RIVER TERRACES TO 60 FT ABOVE CURRENT RIVER LEVEL. DREDGING 1903-1940.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A. 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 32-33.

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 80.

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., 1970, PLATINUM: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MINERAL INFORMATION SERVICE, V. 23, NO. 6, P. 115-123.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD W017652 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-74 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-89 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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