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Locality Name:
Hammonton, Hammonton District (Yuba River District; Yuba Gold Field; Yuba Dredge Field; Yuba Consolidated Gold Fields), Yuba Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 98539
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-98539.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hammonton, Hammonton District (Yuba River District; Yuba Gold Field; Yuba Dredge Field; Yuba Consolidated Gold Fields), Yuba Co., California, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Pacific Gold Dredging Company (Yukon Gold Dredging)
Unnamed Placer Au Mine (9)
Yuba River Placers (Yuba Mine)
Yuba Silica Mine

Latitude: 39°12'45"N
Longitude: 121°23'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.2125,-121.39222222222

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: As Au Ir Os Pd Pt Rh Ru S 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CopperNonePyriteUllmannite

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Gold  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)Iridium  (*)Laurite  (*)Osmium  (*)
Palladium  (*)Platinum  (*)Rutheniridosmine  (*)Ruthenium  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Gold  (*)CopperAu2184099,18410130554
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS1184101119
Iridium  (*)CopperIr1184101162
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS21184101226
Osmium  (*)NoneOs1184101169
Palladium  (*)CopperPd118410159
Platinum  (*)CopperPt1184101485
Rutheniridosmine  (*)None(Ir,Os,Ru)118410147
Ruthenium  (*)NoneRu118410146



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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