Mine detail: Atlas Gold Dredging Corp

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Location

Lat / long:

38.20269, -120.96741

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Platinum
Ore:	Gold
Orebody form:	PROBABLY THIN LAYERS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1935

Geology

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

References

MRDS	M045337
DEP	10038065
Reference	{Deposit:: LOGAN, C.A., AND FRANKE, H.A., 1936, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 32, NO. 3, P. 326.}{Deposit:: CLARK, W.B., AND LYDON, P.A., 1962, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. 2, P. 85, 189.}
Reporter	Blair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A.