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Defender Mine, Jamestown, Jamestown Mining District, Mother Lode belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Gold
Formula:Au
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gold data
Locality Data:Click here to view Defender Mine, Jamestown, Jamestown Mining District, Mother Lode belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:668344
Long-form Identifier:1:3:668344:3
GUID (UUID V4):6f954a69-0ac0-43c9-9fb7-a5d47ef74fa0
Nearest other occurrences of Gold
0.5km (0.3 miles) Nugget Mine, Stent, Jamestown District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
0.7km (0.5 miles) Lone Star Mine, Stent, Jamestown District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
0.7km (0.5 miles) Brown Bird Mine, Stent, Jamestown District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Golden Nugget Mine (Nuggat), Stent, Jamestown District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Tarantula Hawk Mine (Tarantula claim; Omega claim; Western Extension claim; Tarantula Hawk claim), Stent, Jamestown District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) Stein Placer Mine, Stent, Jamestown District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) Sullivan Creek occurrence, Chinese Camp, Chinese Camp Mining District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) Mazeppa Mine, Stent, Jamestown District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) Albion Consolidated group (Great Eastern claim; Farrington claim; Defender claim; Bob claim; Hard Tack claim), Stent, Jamestown District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) Gold Ridge Mining Company Mine, Stent, Jamestown District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
References
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Report (issue)
nomenclature. 1. U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction.............here are data on sulfide and nonsulfide mineralogy, gold and silver grades and deposit tonnage. A discussion...name, country, local geographical area, mineralogy, gold and silver grades, tonnage, and references are given...deposit. Table 4, part B, gives an alphabetic list of mine and properties followed by the deposit name. CHARACTERISTICS...in the Sierra Nevada, California (Clark, 1970); Klamath Mountains, California-Oregon (Hotz, 1971); and
Report (issue)
V c» STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE ANGELS...CALAVERAS AND TUOLUMNE COUNTIES CALIFORNIA SPECIAL REPORT UN.VwKali^ 0^ 41 CALIFORNIA UAVIS At;-:...l-A. Sierra Blanca limestone in Santa Barbara County, CaliW. Walker. 1950. 5 pp., 1 pi. Price 25*. ...fornia, by George 1-B. The Calera limestone, California, by George W. Walker. 1950. 8 pp., 1 pi.,...of part of the Delta-Mendota Canal near Tracy, California, by Parry Reiche. 1950. 12 pp., 5 figs. Price
Report (issue)
C3 A3 NO. 193 C.2 GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN 193 California Division of Mines and...Geology Sacramento, California, 1970 GOLD By William B. DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA Clark Geologist...Geologist, California Division of Mines & Geology, Sacramento, California UNIVERSITY LIBRARY U.C DAVIS '~'^...though Nugget. This 201 -ounce (troy) cluster of gold on display in the Division of Mines and Geology...Geology San Francisco's Ferry Building. Melted down as gold, it would be worth tome seven or eight The Fricof
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN No STATE ; . .. : DlViSIi BUILDIN 113 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE...AGRICULTURE DAVIS, CALIFORNIA STATE OF CAUFORNIA DEPABTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director...MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By ADOLF PABST Associate Professor of Mineralogy University of California BERKELEY...BERKELEY CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE GEORGE H. MOORE. State Printer SACRAMENTO. 51440 1938 TABLE...Letter of Transmittal 5 Map 6 Outline o['. California Preface 7 Introduction 11 Native Elements
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Stamp Mills; The Aetna Powder Co. Hydraulic Mining Machinery; Hoisting, Pumping and Irrigating ...Chicago and Pumps; Tangential Impact Water Wheels. Mining Screens A SPECIALTY. THE PELTON WATER WHEEL Diagonal...SILVER BARS, GOLD DUST, ETC. Gold, Silver, Lead and Copper Ores, Gold Concen= REFINERS OF GOLD Buyers ...Valley Marysville ^IDAHO-MARYLAND 1 -EMPIRE GOLD RUN ^Auburn Coloma 'Roseville, SacrameniX Tlaeervit/e... Turlock Merced i ? * Maripvsa { GOLD NINES of California FOR REFERENCE DO NOT TAKE FROM THIS
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Mills; Hydraulic Mining Machinery; ae se and eae 10-STAMP WIN Cal. ol!||oy MINING AND rena MILLING...Aeneas GIVES THE Highest Efficiency of any Wheel Mine in the World. A MARVEL OF ENERGY AND POWER. Over...Buyers OF GOLD AND of Gold, Silver, Lead SILVER BARS, GOLD DUST, and Copper Ores, Gold Concen- trates...Amador City EN PLYMOUTH KEYSTONE GOLD MINES of california FOR REFERENCE DO NOT TAKE FROM THIS...Argonaut mine, near Jackson, as it appeared to artist Marjolaine O'Neill in 1969. ' GOLD MINES of
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M^iajKaMVMtrVMMIMMVW^- 'Vv s > MINERALS Of CALIFORNIA BULl,ETIN N«, 91 issei0 BY rr: ^ ;wIFORNIA...BULLETIN [November, 1922 No. 91 Minerals of California $ BY ARTHUR S. EAKLE, Ph. D. Professor...Mineralogy, University of California COMPLIMENTS OF ^^^foyd Sc, c/iosty GIST CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE...Stephens, Governor of the State of California, Sacramento, California Sir: I have the honor to transmit...upon the minerals of California. This bulletin records our knowledge of California minerals to date,
Report (issue)
] \ I ^,_|^_g|g„gy. MMM STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOODWIN I. KNIGHT, Governor DEPARTMENT OF... Chief BULLETIN December 173 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By JOSEPH MURDOCH University of Caliiomia,...ROBERT W. WEBB University of California, Santa Barbara College Goleta, California Price $3.00 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY...Goodwin J. Knight Governor of ihe State of California Dear Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith...JenlCalifornia, Chief of the Division of Mines. Minerals of California is one of the Division's
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA THE GOLDEN BEAR The Golden Bear Nugget of Yankee is NUGGET said to have...have been found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small girl in...are nuggets. The nugget was acquired by the California Federation of Minerologicol Societies insignia...in in the Cali- San Francisco MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA CENTENNIAL VOLUME by JOSEPH (1866-1966) MURDOCH...Ian Campbell and Eleanor M. Learned BULLETIN California Division of Ferry Building, San 189 Mines
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MINERALS OF CALIFORNlA 299" 257889 PEMBERTON' HOFE CALIFORNIA MINERALS 2995 SEP 1933 OINCO Digitized by...org/details/mineralsofcalifo00pemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA - MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl Pemberton ~ VAN NOSTRAND...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: centennial volume, 1866-1966...index. 1. Mineralogy - California. 2. Mines and mineral resources - California. I. MUidoch, J oseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. 11. Title. QE375.C32P45 549.9794 81-15963 ISBN 0-442-274882 AACR2 Preface
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7 257989 R q549 PEMBERTON, H.E MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA P 2995 IpSl q 49 f 07. 257889 ^ pe B T...org/details/mineralsofcalifoOOpemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl r i L ] Pemberton ...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: 1866-1966 / by Joseph Murdoch...Includes index. 1. Mineralogy -California. 2. Mines and mineral resources- California. I. Murdoch, Joseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. II. Title. centennial volume, QE375.C32P45 ISBN 0-442-27488 2 549.9794
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DISLOCA TED INCLUSIONS IN GOLD-Q UARTZ VEINS AT GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA. ROLLIN FARMIN. ABSTRACT...ABSTRACT. The mesothermal gold-quartz ¾eins at Grass Valley, California, contain many inclusionsof country rock...planes, or as ore-magmas. The veins of the Mother Lode district, south of Grass Valley, are of similargeologictype:...aidedin buildingup composite veins. At the Alleghany district, 2 5 miles north of Grass Valley, Ferguson4 concluded:...MacBoyle,E.: Mines and mineral resourcesof Nevada County, Cal. State Min. Bur., pp. x-27o, x9x9. Views closelyaccordwith
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..........................................49 California ..............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..................................Co. Mining Districts ............................................................22 Arizona County Map.........................23 Arizona – Cochise Co. Mining Districts ....................................
Report (issue)
^^titOrpi^ Ir^j, Oiioi ,^irornis ,, STATE OF CALIFORNIA EARL WARREN, Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL...FRANCISCO Chief DECEMBER 144 COPPER IN (In CALIFORNIA Three Parts, Including Outline Geologic Map...States Department of the Interior Department of Mining, Stanford University liCD LIBRARY 1948 : ...Honorable Earl Warren Governor of the State of California Dear Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith...herewith Bulletin 144, Copper in California, prepared under the direction of Olaf P. Jenkins, Chief of the
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..........................................39 California ...............................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...Prior to the California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced its own gold rush, largely...largely unprofitable, although gold may still be panned in the regional streams. Most of the rest of the...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham
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..........................................39 California ...............................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...Prior to the California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced its own gold rush, largely...largely unprofitable, although gold may still be panned in the regional streams. Most of the rest of the...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham
Report (issue)
9.126? x-> n fi/c. 7£ Gold, base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina 1011 by Gwendolyn...457-0*4 9.1267 Gold, base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina Abstract Gold, silver, copper...rare-earths have been mined in North Carolina. Gold, with by-product silver, occurs in veins and mineralized...rocks west of the Blue Ridge. 12 complex ores of gold, copper, lead, zinc, and silver in veins and 13...Mountain. Cobalt minerals with ores of 16 iron or gold have been reported in a few areas in the Piedmont
Journal (volume)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director DIVISION OF MINES...BRADLEY State Mineralogist JANUARY, 1936 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...FERRY RUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 0373 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OP< CALIFORNIA DAVIS 1 DIVISION OF MINES...Logan, District Mining Engineer McK. Laizure, District W. Burling Tucker, Reid J. Mining Engineer...Engineer District Sampson, Assistant Mining Engineer District Engineer Chas. V. Averill, District Mining
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Water Seekers Ghost Towns & Mining Camps of California Los Angeles California: The New Society Fort Laramie...PREFACE In California... the Sierra Nevada forms the border line between the two metals, gold prevailing...Builders 1. SILVER IS KING! Just as California's Gold Rush faded. the fabulous Comstock strike drew thousands...Great Basin—and to Easterm California. 2. BELSHAW'S MILLIONS Silver, like gold, is where you find it....cleared they were still the bullion kings of Inyo County, but the un- derground prize was playing out.
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involves a new locality for spessartine 1998 California Show at the Pomona Fairgrounds Mrs. Kay Robertson...103341/ona Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90064 This year's California Show was held again in Pomona, but luckily in...the variety of minerals occurring in Southern California, there are many excellent field collectors. ...stibnites from a new Nevada locality, the Murray Mine, not the old Manhattan, but he had only three specimens...clear calcites from a small pocket in the Meikle Mine, the new locality for the superb yellow barites
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BLACKS IN GOLD RUSH CALIFORNIA Rudolph M. Lapp In the two years after the discovery of gold at Sutter’s...thousand persons made the difficult trek to California in search of quick wealth. One thousand of them...blacks and slaves. Lapp examines their life in mining communities and their relationships with other...for the first time in detail the history of the California Colored Convention, examin- ing the ideology...professor of history at the College of San Mateo in California. Yale Western Americana Series, 29 ISBN 0-300-01988-2
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stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification... To My Mother LUCY SOPHIA (ADAMS) RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting
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Geological Survey editorial standards ^ Menlo Park, California 1983 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Introduction ...asbestos 23 Zinc-lead skarn 26 Volcanogenic gold 32 Komatiitic nickel 37 Volcanogenic manganese...manganese 46 Bedded barite 51 Low-sulfide quartz gold 54 Silica-carbonate mercury 59 Hot springs mercury...Carbonate-hosted replacement manganese 68 Platinum-gold placer 73 Sedimentary manganese 81 Marine phosphate-upwelling...alternative to the podiform chromite model based on California and Oregon deposits. DEPOSITS Name Abdasht Akarca
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director DIVISION OF MINES...BRADLEY State Mineralogist JANUARY, 1938 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 5478! LIBRARY UNIVERSITY C- CALIFORNIA D:\ViS 1 DIVISION OF...Geologist C A. Logan, District Mining Engineer C. McK. Laizure, District W. Burling Tucker, Reid...Reid J. Frank Sanborn, District Mining Engineer District Engineer Mining Engineer Mineral Technologist
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editor of a dozen books on mining and the West, including Rocky Mountain Mining Camps: The Urban Frontier...Frontier, Colorado Mining: A Photo¬ graphic History, and Rocky Mountain Boom Town. He has three times been...illustration: Yankee Girl Mine, Red Mountain, Colorado, by Jerry Kelly GUNNISON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES f...oA ’ Mr Gunnison County library 307 N. Wisconsin Gunnison, CO 81230 j MINING AMERICA DEVELOPMENT...Editor MINING AMERICA The Industry and the Environment, 1800-1980 Duane A. Smith Gunnison County Library;
 
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