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Jumper & Golden Rule Group

Past Producer in Tuolumne county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077901
MRDS ID W025976
Record type Site
Current site name Jumper & Golden Rule Group
Related records 10287852

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.41433, 37.90992 (WGS84)
Elevation 411
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES S. OF JACKSONVILLE, ON RIDGE W. OF KANAKA CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sonora(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tuolumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tuolumne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 014E 27,35 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result FREE MILLING GOLD ORE OCCURS WITH 2 % PYRITE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.41433, 37.90992
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 16 W
    Dip 70 NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE JUMPER MINE WORKED ALONG A DIKE, INTRUDED BETWEEN AMPHIBOLITE SCHIST WALLS WHERE SMALL VEINS AND QUARTZ STRINGERS CUT THE 5 TO 50 FT. THICK SCHISTOSE ZONE. THIS MINE DIFFERENT FROM OTHER MINES ON THE MOTHER LODE, AT THIS LOCALITY, IN THAT NO CONTINUOUS ORE SHOOTS OCCUR. THE FOOTWALL OF THE VEIN IS A HARD ALTERED DIORITE AND SERPENTINE WITH A DIORITE AND DIABASE HANGING WALL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mother Lode Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • MOSTLY LOW GRADE ORE PRODUCED

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 INCLINED SHAFTS; NEWS ERA 1400 FT, GOLDEN RULE 500 FT., WEST VEIN SHAFT 200 FT. WINZE AT 1400 FT. LEVEL ON NEW ERA, 400 FT.; WINZE AT 493 FT. LEVEL OF GOLDEN RULE, 800 FT. ON 70 DEGREE INCLINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , TUOLUMNE COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 152 - 153

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POCKET GOLD WAS COMMON HERE.
Deposit THIS GROUP OF CLAIMS INCLUDED JUMPER, NEW ERA, AND GOLDEN RULE MINES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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