Jumper and Mount Vernon Mines

Prospect in Lassen 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048434
MRDS ID MP00020
Record type Site
Current site name Jumper and Mount Vernon Mines
Alternate or previous names Claims: Jumper, Mount Vernon, Burbank, Early Rose, Snow Flake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.86773, 40.99736 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Estimated From Old Claim Map And Hayden Hill Quadrangle, Estimated From Old Claim Map And Hayden Hill Quadrangle, Estimated From Old Claim Map And Hayden Hill Quadrangle

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lassen(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Said Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eagle Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Pit(hydrologic unit)

Upper Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Lassen

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 037N 010E 31 SW4 California

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR SUMMIT OF HAYDEN HILL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 104
USGS model code 25a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 45

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.86773, 40.99736

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Quartz Filled Fissure

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N-S
    Dip 70E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hayden Hill

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WITH CROSSCUT AND WINZE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1919, LASSEN COUNTY, IN 15TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 233.

  • Deposit

    BURNETT, J.L., 1990, 1989 CALIFORNIA MINING REVIEW: CALIFORNIA GEOLOGY V. 43, NO. 10, P. 219-224.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD W024033

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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.