Mine detail: La Porte

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 39.68905, -120.98354

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Platinum
Ore: Gold
Orebody form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stream Placer
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1848

Geology

Host type:Gravel
Tectonic:Sierra Nevada Foothills Accreted Terrane

References

MRDSM045262
DEP10038013
Reference{Deposit:: DAY, D.T., AND RICHARDS, R.H., 1906, USEFUL MINERALS IN THE BLACK SANDS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1905, P. 1186-1187.}{Deposit:: CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 86.}
ReporterBlair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A.