Mine detail: Calpella

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Location: Mendocino County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.22237, -123.21137
dep_id: 10038055
mrds_id: M045325
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Platinum, Iridium, Osmium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stream Placer
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Occurrence
orebody_fm: TERRACE
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: California Coast Ranges
References:
  • Deposit:: LOGAN, C.A., 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 46-47.
  • Deposit:: SPENCER, C.H., JR., 1971, STATISTICAL CORRELATION OF PLATINUM METALS WITH HEAVY MINERALS IN STREAM SEDIMENTS OF THE KLAMATH MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA: SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, M.S. THESIS, P. 32.
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