The Anderson Valley Placer is a iridium, zirconium, mercury, gold, and platinum mine located in Mendocino county, California at an elevation of 151 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 151 Feet (46 Meters)
Commodity: Iridium, Zirconium, Mercury, Gold, Platinum
Lat, Long: 39.07472, -123.46167
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Anderson Valley Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Anderson Valley Placer
Commodity
Primary: Iridium
Primary: Zirconium
Primary: Mercury
Primary: Gold
Primary: Platinum
Location
State: California
County: Mendocino
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Coast Ranges
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Gold
Ore: Zircon
Comments
Comment (Location): ALONG NAVARRO RIVER. LOCATION GIVEN IS AT MOUTH OF GOWAN CREEK ABOUT 2 MI NORTHWEST OF PHILO
Comment (Commodity): UNVERIFIED REPORT OF PT
References
Reference (Deposit): MURDOCH, JOSEPH, AND WEBB, R.W., 1966, MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA: CENTENNIAL VOLUME (1866-1966): CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 189, P. 149, 229, 291.
Reference (Deposit): HANKS, H.G., 1884, CATALOG AND DESCRIPTION OF THE MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA AS FAR AS KNOWN, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THOSE HAVING AN ECONOMIC VALUE: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU 4TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 4, P. 310, 397.
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