Mine detail: Anderson Valley Placer

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Location: Mendocino County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.07459, -123.46277
dep_id: 10040628
mrds_id: M055477
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury, Gold, Platinum, Iridium, Zirconium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stream Placer
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Cinnabar, Gold, Zircon
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: Gassaway, J.S., Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Gravel
tectonic: Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane
References:
  • Deposit:: MURDOCH, JOSEPH, AND WEBB, R.W., 1966, MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA: CENTENNIAL VOLUME (1866-1966): CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 189, P. 149, 229, 291.
  • Deposit:: HANKS, H.G., 1884, CATALOG AND DESCRIPTION OF THE MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA AS FAR AS KNOWN, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THOSE HAVING AN ECONOMIC VALUE: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU 4TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 4, P. 310, 397.
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