The Jenny Lind is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 194 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: 194 Feet (59 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.09028, -120.86806
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Jenny Lind MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jenny Lind
Secondary: Calaveras River
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Tertiary: Iridium
Tertiary: Osmium
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Milton Gold Dredging Co.
Years: 1935 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1853
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PGE SAMPLE ANALYSIS: 56.5% PT, 30.0% OS+IR, 4.0% AU (LOGAN, P. 109)
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Development): MINING OF RIVER BED AND OLD RIVER TERRACES TO 60 FT ABOVE CURRENT RIVER LEVEL. DREDGING 1903-1940.
Comment (Workings): HYDRAULIC AND DREDGING. SOME OF MATERIAL RECOVERED BY DREDGING CONSISTED OF OLD HYDRAULIC TAILINGS.
Comment (Deposit): RECORD W017652 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED.
Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR CALAVERAS RIVER DIRECTLY SOUTH OF TOWN OF JENNY LIND
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., 1970, PLATINUM: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MINERAL INFORMATION SERVICE, V. 23, NO. 6, P. 115-123.
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 80.
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A. 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 32-33.
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