The Janie Boyd Mine is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 801 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: 801 Feet (244 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.21167, -120.84528
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Janie Boyd Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Janie Boyd Mine
Secondary: Sanches
Secondary: Holmes Mine
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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: VEIN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): ORE BLOCKED OUT OF MINE 1935 , ACTIVE PRIOR 1935 - AND DURING 1935 - 1936
Comment (Commodity): SULFIDES
Comment (Location): UTM ACC SW 1/4 SEC
Comment (Deposit): VEINS, 12 PARALLEL VEINS FROM 8 IN. TO 12 FT IN THICKNESS, PLACER ALSO WORKED ON CLAIM
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 500 FT. SE ADIT, 45 FT. INCLINED ( 40 ) WINZE APPROX 100 FT. FROM PARTAL. A 185 FT. ADIT ON W SIDE OF HILL
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., LYDON, P.A., 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF.; COUNTY REPORT 2 ; CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 159
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., FRANKE, H., 1936 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 32 , NO. 3 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 265 - 6
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., 1916 , CALAVERAS COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., 14 TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 57
Reference (Production): LOGAN ( 1936 )
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