Janie Boyd Mine

Past Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102609
MRDS ID M005639
Record type Site
Current site name Janie Boyd Mine
Alternate or previous names Sanches, Holmes Mine
Related records 10284313

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.8463, 38.21158 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Relative position 1/2 MI. SE OF CAMPO SECO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Valley Springs(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 004N 010E 02,11 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC SW 1/4 SEC

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SULFIDES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.8463, 38.21158

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike W
    Dip 75 S
    Thickness 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • ORE BLOCKED OUT OF MINE 1935 , ACTIVE PRIOR 1935 - AND DURING 1935 - 1936

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 500 FT. SE ADIT, 45 FT. INCLINED ( 40 ) WINZE APPROX 100 FT. FROM PARTAL. A 185 FT. ADIT ON W SIDE OF HILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., LYDON, P.A., 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF.; COUNTY REPORT 2 ; CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 159

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., FRANKE, H., 1936 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 32 , NO. 3 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 265 - 6

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1916 , CALAVERAS COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., 14 TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 57

  • Production

    LOGAN ( 1936 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, 12 PARALLEL VEINS FROM 8 IN. TO 12 FT IN THICKNESS, PLACER ALSO WORKED ON CLAIM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Mateik, R.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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