Mine detail: Roaring River

Previously called 'Roaring River Gold Dredging Co.'

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Location: Shasta, Tehama County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.39486, -122.52553
dep_id: 10109539
mrds_id: M045341
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Platinum, Iridium, Osmium
Operation type: Unknown
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: Blair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Gravel
tectonic: Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane
References:
  • AVERILL, C.V., 1938, GOLD DREDGING IN SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY COUNTIES: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 2, P. 120-122
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