| Deposit ID | 60000942 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M045330 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Yuba River District |
| Alternate or previous names | Hammonton, Yuba Gold Field, Yuba Dredge Field, Yuba Consolidated Gold Field |
| Related records | 10166088 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -121.43775, 39.20048 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
| Relative position | LOCATION GIVEN IS ABOUT 0.25 MI SOUTH OF DAGUERRA POINT AND 1 MI NORTHWEST OF HAMMONTON; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = BROWNS VALLEY 1:24000, ACC URATE WITHIN DREDGING AREA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Yuba(county)
California(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Browns Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Yuba City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)
Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)
California(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)
Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | California | Yuba |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Platinum Critical | Secondary |
| Iridium Critical | Secondary |
| Osmium | Secondary |
| Model code | 119 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 39a |
| Deposit model name | Placer Au-PGE |
| Mark3 model number | 54 |
| (1) | -121.43775, 39.20048 |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Discovery year | 1849 |
| Discoverer | W.P. Hammon And R.D. Evans |
| Year of first production | 1905 |
| District name | YUBA RIVER DISTRICT |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | ALAN BOND, INC. |
| Home office | SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA |
| Year | 1988 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | YUBA PLACER GOLD CO. |
| Home office | SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA |
| Year | 1988 |
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.
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