The Dredging Operations At and Near Jenny Lind Calaveras Gold Dredging Co. is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California.
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Mine Info
Name: Dredging Operations At and Near Jenny Lind Calaveras Gold Dredging Co.
State: California
County: Calaveras
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Dredging Operations At and Near Jenny Lind Calaveras Gold Dredging Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dredging Operations At and Near Jenny Lind Calaveras Gold Dredging Co.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: IN 1925 THE EL ORO DREDGING COMPANY HAD FINISHED ITS GROUND NEAR JENNY LIND AND OPERATIONS WERE CONTINUED ON THE CALAVERAS RIVER AT JENNY LIND BY THE ISABEL DREDGE. DEPTH OF GRAVEL ABOUT 20'. ACTIVE 1904-1915 (INTERMITTENTLY). NO PLATINUM PRODUCED SINCE 1941
Comment (Deposit): TAILINGS SYMBOLS ON TOPO MAP IN THESE SECTIONS. FEW OZ. PLATINUM RECOVERED ANNUALLY FROM GOLD DREDGING IN CALAVERAS RIVER NEAR JENNY LIND. LARGEST YIELD, 54 OZ. ($2,433) WAS IN 1917
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. COUNTY REPT. NO. 2, P. 106 AND 191
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. REPT. 21, P. 162
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