Mine detail: Mammoth Bar

Previously called 'Pacific Gold Dredging'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.92045, -121.00547

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Platinum
Tertiary:	Osmium, Iridium, Palladium, Rhodium
Ore:	Gold
Orebody form:	STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stream Placer
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
Production years:	1914-1927

Geology

Host type:	Gravel
Tectonic:	Near Base Of Sierra Nevada Foothills

References

MRDS	M045267
DEP	10109520
Reference	{Deposit:: LOGAN, C.A., 1927, PLACER COUNTY: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, 23RD REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, NO. 3, P. 284.}{Deposit:: LOGAN, C.A., 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 29-30, 109.}{Deposit:: WARING, C.A., 1919, PLACER COUNTY: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, 15TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, PT. 3, P. 386.}
Reporter	Blair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A.