Mine detail: Michigan Bar District

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Location

Lat / long: 38.49953, -121.04481

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver, PGE
Ore: Gold, Platinum
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: Irregular
Discovery year: 1850

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Ione Formation
Host type:Sand and Gravel

References

DEP10310648
Reference{Deposit:: Clark, W. B., 1970, Gold districts of California: California Divisions of Mines and Geology Bulletin 193, p. 90.}{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:: 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.}
ReporterHiggins, Chris T., Schruben, Paul G.