Location: | Shasta, Tehama County, California, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 40.37625, -122.2847 |
dep_id: | 10038069 |
mrds_id: | M045342 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Gold |
Minor mineral: | Platinum |
Trace mineral: | Osmium, Iridium |
Operation type: | Placer |
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: | Peterson, Jocelyn A., Blair, Will N. |
hrock_type: | Gravel |
tectonic: | Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane |
References: |
- Deposit:: LOGAN, C.A. 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 38.
- Deposit:: CLARK, W.B., 1970, PLATINUM: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MINERAL INFORMATION SERVICE, V. 23, NO. 6, P. 116.
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