Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStream placer
Model119: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody formIrregular
Ore controlMechanical accumulation within stream-channel lag gravels, bars, and point-bar deposits.
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
GangueQuartz
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1850
Identification
Deposit ID10310617
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.99027, -119.71136
References
Clark, W.B., 1970, Gold districts of California: California Division of Mines and Geology Bulletin 193, p. 50.Logan, C.A., Braun, L.T. and Vernon, J.W., 1951, Fresno County: California Journal of Mines and Geology, v. 47, no. 3, p. 503-504.Matthews, R.A. and Burnett, J.L., 1965, Fresno Sheet: California Division of Mines and Geology, Geologic Map of California, scale 1:250,000.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.