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Putah Creek

Past Producer in Yolo county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038058
MRDS ID M045329
Record type Site
Current site name Putah Creek
Related records 10262996

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.03405, 38.49989 (WGS84)
Elevation 43
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ON PUTAH CREEK ABOUT 4 MI WEST OF WINTERS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yolo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Vaca(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Napa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Yolo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 002W 36 California

Comments on the location information

  • NO UTM COORDINATES ON LARGE SCALE MAP. LAT/LONG GIVEN ARE AT ROAD CROSSING OF PUTAH CREEK IN SE/4 SEC. 36
  • Used PLS and GIS to determine lat/long.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VISUAL IDENTIFICATION OF PT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result PGE>AU

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.03405, 38.49989
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Putah Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 50-51.

  • Deposit

    SPENCER, C.H., JR., 1971, STATISTICAL CORRELATION OF PLATINUM METALS WITH HEAVY MINERALS IN STREAM SEDIMENTS OF THE KLAMATH MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA: SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, M.S. THESIS, P. 31.

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., 1970 GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 180.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1974 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1989 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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