The John Boddecker Prospect is a gold mine located in Trinity county, California at an elevation of 3,199 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 3,199 Feet (975 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.10556, -122.77972
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John Boddecker Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: John Boddecker Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Trinity
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Workings): ON KATHERINE CLAIM, ADIT 150 FT. LONG OF WHICH 75 FT. WAS ON VEIN ON JOSEPHINE CLAIM, ADIT RUN 75 FT. AND WINZE SUNK 25 FT.
Comment (Geology): GEOLOGY SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE GOLDEN JUBILEE MINE
Comment (Deposit): 3 CLAIMS. INCLUDE KATHERINE, JOSEPHINE AND VIRGINIA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UTM EST. SE 1/4
Comment (Production): RICH ORE TAKEN FROM WINZE ON JOSEPHINE CLAIM. SOME GOOD ORE WAS MILLED FROM KATHERINE CLAIM. NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND
Comment (Deposit): 3 VEINS
References
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1926, TRINITY COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 22, NO. 1, P. 23
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