Mine detail: Orleans District

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 41.30204, -123.53965

Resource(M)

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

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Sand and Gravel

References

DEP10310661
Reference{Deposit:: Averill, C.V., 1946, Placer mining for gold in California: California Division of Mines Bulletin 135, p. 258-259.}{Deposit:: Clark, W.B., 1970, Gold districts of California: California Division of Mines and Geology Bulletin 193, p. 140.}{Deposit:: Tooker, E.W. and Vercoutere, T.L., 1986, Gold in the conterminous United States, Perspective of 1986 - Preliminary map of selected geographic, economic, and geologic attributes of productive (>10,000 oz) gold districts: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-209, 32 p.}{Deposit:: Wagner, D.L. and Saucedo, G.J., 1987, Geologic map of the Weed Quadrangle, California: California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology Regional Geologic Map Series, Map No. 4A, scale 1:250,000.}
ReporterHiggins, Chris T., Schruben, Paul G.