Mine detail: German Bar

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 39.43878, -120.81714

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Platinum
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: VEIN
Discovery year: 1851

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1851

Geology

Host type:Slate
Structure:Melones Fault Zone
Tectonic:Sierra Nevada Foothills Accreted Terranes

References

MRDSM021683
DEP10034777
Reference{Deposit:: MCCULLOCH, W.C., OESTERLING, W.A., SPURCK, W.H., AND TISCHLER, M.S., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, V. 2, P. 39.}{Deposit:: AVERILL, C.V., 1942, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SIERRA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY V, 38, NO. 1, P. 55.}{Deposit:: FERGUSON, H.G., AND GANNETT, R.W., 1932, GOLD QUARTZ VEINS OF THE ALLEGHANY DISTRICT, CALLIFORNIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 172, P. 132-134, SKETCH MAP, P. 133.}{Deposit:: LOGAN, C.A., 1941, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 3, PL. 3.}{Deposit:: J.K. BOHLKE, 1982, WRITTEN COMMUN. TO N.J PAGE, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY}{Production:: FERGUSON AND GANNETT}
ReporterHayden, F. (Albers, J), Peterson, Jocelyn A.