Jamestown

The Jamestown is a gold and silver mine located in Tuolumne county, California at an elevation of 1,640 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

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Site Name

Primary: Jamestown
Secondary: See Comments
Secondary: Jamestown Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver

Location

State: California
County: Tuolumne
District: Jamestown Area

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Type: Private Lease
Type: Minerals Only
Type: Fee Ownership

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Pathfinder Gold Corp.
Percent: 30.00
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1986

Owner Name: Sonora Gold Mining Corp.
Percent: 70.00
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1986

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Plant Subtype: Precipitation
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Milling Method: Flotation
Year First Production: 1891
Discovery Year: 1848
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

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Deposit): MAS PROPERTY LISTING FOR FOUR DEPOSIT/ORE BODIES OF THE MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT - JAMESTOWN AREA. THESE DEPOSITS/ORE BODIES HAD SEPARPATE MAS SEQ#: APP #0061090122 CRYSTALLINE #0061090151 DUTCH #0061090188 NYMAN #0061090192 ALL THESE PROPERTIES WERE OR WILL BE PART OF THE JAMESTOWN MINE. THESE SEQ# WILL BE DELETED (04/95). IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE THE THE HARVARD MINE AND THIS PROPERTY ARE ALSO THE SAME DEPOSIT, BUT SEPARATE OPERATIONS FEEDING A SINGLE MILL, THIS IS NOT VERY CLEAR, PROPERIES HAVE NOT BEEN SITE VISITED SINCE 1983. IT IS ALSO NOT VERY CLEAR IF THE JUMPER AND RAWHIDE DEPOSITS/ MINES/ORE BODIES ARE OR WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE JAMESTOWN OR HARVARD OPERATIONS. HOWEVER ALL WILL PROBOBLY FEED ONE MILL. THESE THREE PROPERTIES WILL BE LEFT ON THE MAS DB UNTIL MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. THE MSHA.DBF LISTING OF 03/95 HAS TWO ID # FOR JAMESTOWN 0404695 AND 0470444. IT IS VERY POSSIBLE THAT ONE # IS FOR THE MINE THE OTHER FOR MILL. BOTH # WILL BE USED 0404695 THE RES_ID AND 0470444 MINES ID.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): THIS MAS PROPERTY HAS 1986 RESERVE DATA FOR THE OTHER DEPOSITS. OPERATIONS CEASED IN MID 1994. RECLAMATION IS ONGOING AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 1996.

Comment (Geology): GEOLOGIC/LITHOLOGIC/MINERALS DATA FOR THE AREA CAN BE FOUND ON THE HARVARD MAS LISTING.

Comment (Workings): THIS PROPERTY COVERS MOSTLY THE ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS OF THIS AREA.

References

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ANGEL CAMP AND SONORA

Reference (Deposit): QUADRANGLES, CALAVERAS & TUOLUMNE COUNTIES, CALIF.

Reference (Deposit): CALIF DIV OF MINES & GEOL SPECIAL REPORT 41, 1955.

Reference (Deposit): ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL 76, NO 4, JUNE-JULY 1981, P.765.

Reference (Deposit): CALIF DIV OF MINES & GEOL BULLETIN 193, P.5.

Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL PUBL. 103, 1990.

Reference (Deposit): EIS REPORT, 1990 SONORA GOLD MINING CORP.

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGY OF THE JAMESTOWN MINE AREA, MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT,

Reference (Deposit): TUOLUMNE COUNTY, CALIF, BY P.H.DOHMS, R.D.HOAGLAND, CONDOR

Reference (Deposit): MINEERALS MANAGEMENT, AND G.M.ALLGOOD SONORA MINING CORP

Reference (Deposit): SONORA GOLD CORP, NEWSLETTER NO 20, 6/5/86.

Reference (Deposit): INTERNATIONAL MINING , P.24-26, 9/86.

Reference (Deposit): ABM MINING GROUP INC, GOLD PROPERTIES UPDATE, 1986

Reference (Deposit): SIERRA JOURNAL, VOL 2, NO 21, P.1, 5/22/86.

Reference (Deposit): SONORA CORPORATE PROFILE, 1986.

Reference (Deposit): MINING JOURNAL, P.367,11/8/85.

Reference (Deposit): MINING JOURNAL, P.103, 2/7/86.

Reference (Deposit): THE NORTHERN MINER, VOL 72, NO 41, P.1, 12/22/86.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING JOURNAL, P.403, 12/26/86 .

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