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Anderson Valley placer, Navarro River, Anderson Valley, Coastal Range, California, USAi
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Anderson Valley placerPlacer
Navarro RiverRiver
Anderson ValleyValley
Coastal RangeMountain Range
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Type:
Placer
Mindat Locality ID:
209796
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:209796:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A placer Au-PGE(Pt-Ir)-Zr-Hg deposit.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

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5 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Cinnabar
Formula: HgS
Description: Occurs in river sands.
ⓘ Native Gold
Formula: Au
Description: Occurs in river sands.
ⓘ Native Iridium
Formula: (Ir,Os,Ru)
ⓘ Native Platinum
Formula: Pt
Description: Occurs in river sands.
ⓘ Zircon
Formula: Zr(SiO4)
Description: Occurs in river sands.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘNative Gold1.AA.05Au
ⓘNative Iridium1.AF.10(Ir,Os,Ru)
ⓘNative Platinum1.AF.10Pt
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘCinnabar2.CD.15aHgS
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘZircon9.AD.30Zr(SiO4)

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)
SiSilicon
Siⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)
SSulfur
Sⓘ CinnabarHgS
ZrZirconium
Zrⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)
RuRuthenium
Ruⓘ Native Iridium(Ir,Os,Ru)
OsOsmium
Osⓘ Native Iridium(Ir,Os,Ru)
IrIridium
Irⓘ Native Iridium(Ir,Os,Ru)
PtPlatinum
Ptⓘ Native PlatinumPt
AuGold
Auⓘ Native GoldAu
HgMercury
Hgⓘ CinnabarHgS

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North AmericaContinent
North America Plate
Pacific OceanOcean
Pacific PlateTectonic Plate

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References

Hanks, Henry Garber (1884), Fourth report of the State Mineralogist: California Mining Bureau. Report 4, 410 pp. (includes catalog of minerals of California pp. 63-410), and miscellaneous observations on mineral products): 310
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 149, 229, 291.
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