Mine detail: Camanche-Lancha Plana

Previously called 'Mokelumne River'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.22019, -120.93685

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Ore: Gold
Orebody form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
Discovery year: 1849

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stream Placer
Production size: Medium
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host rock:Ione Formation
Host type:Gravel
Tectonic:Base Of Sierra Nevada Foothills

References

MRDSM045335
DEP10038064
Reference{Deposit:: CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 33.}{Deposit:: LOGAN, C.A. 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 31-32.}{Deposit:: CLARK, W.B., 1970, PLATINUM: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MINERAL INFORMATION SERVICE, V. 23, NO. 6, P. 116.}{Deposit:: CLARK, W.B., AND LYDON, P.A., 1962, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT 2, P. 192.}{Deposit:: LOGAN, C.A., AND FRANKE, HERBERT, 1936, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 32, NO. 3, P. 333-334, 336-337.}{Deposit:: LOGAN, C.A., 1925, CALAVERAS COUNTY: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, 21ST REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 162.}
ReporterBlair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A.