Mine detail: Putah Creek

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Location: Yolo County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.49989, -122.03405
dep_id: 10038058
mrds_id: M045329
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: Past 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: Peterson, Jocelyn A., Blair, Will N.
hrock_type: Conglomerate
tectonic: California Coast Ranges
References:
  • Deposit:: LOGAN, C.A., 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 50-51.
  • 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. 31.
  • Deposit:: CLARK, W.B., 1970 GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 180.
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