NOTE: CALIFORNIA IS A PROJECT UNDER CONSTRUCTION, COMMENCING JULY 28, 2005. EXISTING LOCALITY FILES WILL BE UPDATED FIRST, THEN ADDITIONAL LOCALITIES WILL BE FILLED IN. Chet Lemanski & Dave Von Bargen
Refs.:
- Scupham, J.R. (1898) The Buried Rivers of California as a Source of Gold. Mines and Minerals - Nov., 1898.
- Murdoch, J. & R.W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966), California Division of Mines and Geology Bull. 189 ("The Blue Book").
NOTE: The bibliography for California mineralogy is very extensive. Only major references pertaining to the entire state are presented here. Specific references may be found at each individual locality file.
According to Bulletin 189 (Murdoch & Webb, 1966, pp. 543-545), mining districts in California apparently have had no formal recognition by statute at the state level. Study of the written record; however, suggests that many early geologists, mining engineers, and prospectors expected that formal requirements would be legislated, and, in anticipation, terms like "Bonanza Mining District" were coined and widely used in early literature. A list of the mining districts is presented in USGS Bull. 507 and is incorporated into another list or data table in Bull. 189, which provides the USGS "official" name as well as synonyms, if any, county of location and nearest "permanent" town or settlement for each.
