Mine detail: Folsom District

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Location

Lat / long: 38.62323, -121.21143

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver, Platinum
Ore: Gold, Platinum, Electrum
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: Irregular
Discovery year: 1849

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Deposit type: Stream placer
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host type:Sand and Gravel

References

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Reference{Deposit:: Clark, W. B., 1970, Gold districts of California: California Divisions of Mines and Geology Bulletin 193, p. 47-48.}{Deposit:: Carlson, D.W., 1955, Mines and mineral resources of Sacramento County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology, v. 51, no. 2, p. 134-143.}{Deposit:: Koschmann, A.H., and Bergendahl, M.H., 1968, Principal gold-producing districts of the United States: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 610, 283 p.}{Deposit:: Lindgren, W., 1911, Tertiary gravels of the Sierra Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 73, p. 222.}{Deposit:: Logan, C.A., 1919, Platinum and allied metals in California: California State Mining Bureau Bulletin 85, 120 p.}{Deposit:: Wagner, D.L. and others, 1981, Geologic map of the Sacramento Quadrangle, California: California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology Regional Geologic Map Series, Map No. 1A, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Winston, W.B., 1910, Gold dredging in California: California State Mining Bureau Bulletin 57, p. 175-204.}
ReporterHiggins, Chris T., Schruben, Paul G.