Mine detail: Sailor Boy Diggings

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 39.53766, -121.02576

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Platinum
Ore: Gold
Orebody form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stream Placer
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1855

Geology

Host type:Gravel
Tectonic:Sierra Nevada Foothills Accreted Terrane

References

MRDSW025377
DEP10077637
Reference{Deposit:: CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 31.}{Deposit:: CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894, GOLD - SIERRA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, 12TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 272.}{Deposit:: LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1911, THE TERTIARY GRAVELS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA OF CALIFORNIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 73, P. 111.}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.