Mine detail: Yuba River District

Previously called 'Yuba Consolidated Gold FieldYuba Dredge FieldYuba Gold FieldHammonton'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.20048, -121.43775

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Osmium, Iridium, Platinum
Discovery year: 1849

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: STREAM PLACER
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1905

Geology

References

MRDSM045330
DEP60000942
Reference{Deposit:: LOGAN, C.A., 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 23-26.}{Deposit:: CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 62-63.}{Deposit:: MERTIE, J.B., JR., 1969, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE PLATINUM METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 630, P. 92.}{Deposit:: ROMANOWITZ, C.M., 1970, CALIFORNI* GOLD DREDGES: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MINERAL INFORMATION SERVICE, V. 23, NO. 8, P. 166.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1988, YUBA PLACER INCREASES GOLD PRODUCTION: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 189, NO. 7, P. 13.}{Deposit:: NEVADA MINING ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER, 1976, YUBA GOLDFIELDS, INC.: NEVADA MINING ASSOCIATION, RENO, NO. 280, JULY 15, P. 3-4.}{Deposit:: BURNETT, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1989, 1988 CALIFORNIA MINING REVIEW: CALIFORNIA GEOLOGY, V. 41, NO. 10, P. 219-223.}