Latitude: 41°14'25"N
Longitude: 123°16'48"W
A former placer Au-PGE (Pt-Os-Ir) hydraulic mine located 3.2 km (2.0 miles) NW of Yoakumville, along the South Fork Salmon River, between the confluences of Henry Bell Gulch and Negro Creek with the river.
Mineralization is a stream placer deposit hosted in gravel.
Related tectonic structures include the Klamath Mountains accreted terrane.
References
Logan, Clarence August (1918), Platinum and allied metals in California: California Mining Bureau. Bulletin 85, 120 pp.: 66-67, 79.
Clark, Wm. B. (1970a) Gold districts of California: California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 193: 141.
Clark, Wm. B. (1970b) Platinum: California Division Mines and Geology Mineral Information Service: 23(6): 116.
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: 31.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 43.
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3 entries listed. 2 valid minerals.
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