Location: | Plumas County, California, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 39.68905, -120.98354 |
dep_id: | 10038013 |
mrds_id: | M045262 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Gold |
Trace mineral: | Platinum |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Deposit type: | Stream Placer |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Producer |
ore: | Gold |
orebody_fm: | STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS |
model: | 119: Placer Au-PGE |
conc_proc: | Entrapment By Irregularities In Stream Bed Or Deposition In Low-Energy Part Of Stream |
ore_ctrl: | Stream Hydraulics |
Reporter: | Blair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A. |
hrock_type: | Gravel |
tectonic: | Sierra Nevada Foothills Accreted Terrane |
Year first produced: | 1848 |
References: |
- 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.
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