Mine detail: Hammonton District

Previously called 'Yuba RiverYuba Gold Field'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.20615, -121.44205

Resource(B)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum, Sand and Gravel, Construction
Ore: Gold, Platinum, Gravel, Sand
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: Irregular
Discovery year: 1849

Production

Operation type: Surface
Deposit type: Stream Placer
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host type:Sand and Gravel

References

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Reference{Deposit:: Averill, C.V., 1946, Placer mining for gold in California: California Division of Mines Bulletin 135, 377 p.}{Deposit:: Clark, W. B., 1970, Gold districts of California: California Divisions of Mines and Geology Bulletin 193, p. 62-63.}{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. 221.}{Deposit:: Logan, C.A., 1919, Platinum and allied metals in California: California State Mining Bureau Bulletin 85, 120 p.}{Deposit:: O?Brien, J.C., 1952, Mines and mineral resources of Yuba County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology, v. 48, no. 1, p. 143-179.}{Deposit:: Saucedo, G.J. and Wagner, D.L., 1992, Geologic map of the Chico Quadrangle, California: California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology Regional Geologic Map Series, Map No. 7A, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Winston, W.B., 1910, Gold dredging in California: California State Mining Bureau Bulletin 57, p. 164-174.}{Deposit:: Cal Sierra Development, Inc., 1992, Unpublished report on the Yuba Goldfields.}
ReporterHiggins, Chris T., Schruben, Paul G.