Description
W.P. Hammon And R.D. Evans
Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryIridium, Platinum, Osmium
Deposit
Deposit typeSTREAM PLACER
Model119: Placer Au-PGE
Deposit sizeL
Ore controlSTREAM HYDRAULICS
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1905
Discovery year1849
Identification
Deposit ID60000942
MRDS IDM045330
Alternate namesHammonton, Yuba Gold Field, Yuba Dredge Field, Yuba Consolidated Gold Field
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates39.20048, -121.43775
References
LOGAN, C.A., 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 23-26.CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 62-63.MERTIE, J.B., JR., 1969, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE PLATINUM METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 630, P. 92.ROMANOWITZ, C.M., 1970, CALIFORNIA'S GOLD DREDGES: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MINERAL INFORMATION SERVICE, V. 23, NO. 8, P. 166.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1988, YUBA PLACER INCREASES GOLD PRODUCTION: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 189, NO. 7, P. 13.NEVADA MINING ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER, 1976, YUBA GOLDFIELDS, INC.: NEVADA MINING ASSOCIATION, RENO, NO. 280, JULY 15, P. 3-4.BURNETT, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1989, 1988 CALIFORNIA MINING REVIEW: CALIFORNIA GEOLOGY, V. 41, NO. 10, P. 219-223.