Johnston's Mine

Past Producer in San Diego 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10262535
MAS/MILS ID 0060730207
Record type Site
Current site name Johnston's Mine
Alternate or previous names Johnstons Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.78474, 32.60897 (WGS84)
Elevation 451
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Diego(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Otay Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

El Cajon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Diego(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cottonwood-Tijuana(hydrologic unit)

Laguna-San Diego Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Diego

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 018 S 002 E 16 NESWNW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.78474, 32.60897

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. REPORT, V. 14, 1913, P. 665.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. COUNTY REPORT 3, 1963, NO. 207,

  • Deposit

    P. 151.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 31-87, 1987, TABLE 1,

  • Deposit

    NO. 4, P. 12.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.