A former lode Au mine located about 2½ miles SW of Long Barn and about 6½ miles NE of Soulsbyville. Cryptic MRDS data: E of the Harvard fractional claim of 10 acres covering a length of 550 feet along the vein.
Mineralization is hosted in slate, amphibolite, quartzite, and schist.
NOTE: The coordinates presented in the USGS MRDS, i.e., 37°56'50"N, 120°26'10"W, place this mine in the immediate Jamestown area, and are in obvious error.
References
Irelan, William, Jr. (1890b), Tenth annual report of the State Mineralogist [includes county reports by W.A. Goodyear, Henry De Groot, J.A. Brown, J.A. Miner Alexander McGregor, L.P. Goldstone, Myron Angel, E.B. Preston, W.L. Watts, J.B. Hobson, Stephen Bowers, W.P. Miller]: California Mining Bureau. Report 10, 983 pp.: 663.
Turner, Henry Ward & F.L. Ransome (1897), Description of the gold belt; description of the Sonora sheet: USGS Geol. Atlas, Sonora folio (No. 41), 7 pp.
Turner, Henry Ward & F.L. Ransome (1898), Description of the gold belt; description of the Big Trees sheet, California: USGS Geol. Atlas, Big Trees folio (No. 51), 8 pp.
Logan, Clarence August (1949), Mines and mineral resources of Tuolumne County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 45(1): 69.
Clark, Wm. B. (1970a) Gold districts of California: California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 193.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 36 (map 2-22).
Mineral List
2 entries listed. 2 valid minerals.
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