Jumper Deposit

Occurrence in Tuolumne county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10287852
MRDS ID W025976
MAS/MILS ID 0061090196
Record type Site
Current site name Jumper Deposit
Alternate or previous names Jumper, Part of the Jamestown/Harvard Area.
Related records 10077901

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.4143, 37.90992 (WGS84)
Elevation 500
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

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 001 N 014 E 26 W2SW California

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIM INCLUDES E1/2, SE1/4 SEC 27 & NW1/4, NW 1/4 SEC 35. CLAIM MAY BE INCLUDED IN EITHER THE JAMESTOWN OR HARVARD MINE DEVELOPMENT PLNAS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.4143, 37.90992

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1848
Year of first production 1891

Mining district

District name Jamestown Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Sonora Gold Mining Corp.
    Interest 70
    Home office Canada
    Year 1986
  • Type Owner
    Owner Pathfinder Gold Corp.
    Interest 30
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1986

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES & GEOLOGY, VOL 45, NO1, JAN.

  • Deposit

    1949, P 69, PL 8.

  • Deposit

    CLAIM INCLUDES E1/2, SE1/4, SEC 27 & NW1/4, NW1/4 SEC 35.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-JAN-1997 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative California resources

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