Mine detail: Snelling District

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.51892, -120.43847

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver, Platinum
Ore: Gold, Platinum
Gangue: Quartz
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

DEP10310680
Reference{Deposit:: Clark, W. B., 1970, Gold districts of California: California Divisions of Mines and Geology Bulletin 193, p. 120-121.}{Deposit:: Davis, F.F. and Carlson, D.W., 1952, Mines and mineral resources of Merced County: California Journal of Mines and Geology, v. 48, no. 3, p. 220-227.}{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:: Wagner, D.L., Bortugno, E.J., and McJunkin, R.D., 1990, Geologic map of the San Francisco-San Jose Quadrangle, California: California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology Regional Geologic Map Series, Map No. 5A, scale 1:250,000.}
ReporterHiggins, Chris T., Schruben, Paul G.