California · Butte County
Past Producer

Oroville District

Butte County, California, United States
GoldPlatinum
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryPlatinum
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, Platinum
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockSand and Gravel
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1849
Identification
Deposit ID10310662
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.46392, -121.60105
References
Doolittle, J.E., 1908, Gold dredging in California: California State Mining Bureau Bulletin 36, p. 68-88.Clark, W. B., 1970, Gold districts of California: California Divisions of Mines and Geology Bulletin 193, p. 103-104.Helley, E.J. and Harwood, DS., 1985, Geologic map of the late Cenozoic deposits of the Sacramento Valley and northern Sierra foothills, California: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1790, scale 1:62,500.Lindgren, W., 1911, Tertiary gravels of the Sierra Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 73, p. 89-90.Saucedo, G.J. and Wagner, D.L., 1992, Geologic map of the Chico Quadrangle, California: California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology Regional Geologic Map Series, Map No. 7A, scale 1:250,000.Unruh, J.R., 1990, Stratigraphy and late Cenozoic deformation in the Oroville area, east-central Sacramento Valley, California: Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Davis, 305 p.Winston, W.B., 1910, Gold dredging in California: California State Mining Bureau Bulletin 57, p. 111-158.