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Iridosmine from
Silver Creek, Gopher Hill, Edmanton Mining District (Meadow Valley Mining District), Plumas County, California, USA


Locality type:Creek
Classification
Species:Native Osmium var: Iridosmine
Formula:(Os,Ir)
Comments:Placer material. Commonly found in the form of iridosmine alloys. Noted that, "Iridosmium (Iridosmine) in its various alloys is present in varying amounts..." (Edman, 1898)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Iridosmine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Silver Creek, Gopher Hill, Edmanton Mining District (Meadow Valley Mining District), Plumas County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1639472
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1639472:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Iridosmine
51.7km (32.1 miles) ⓘCherokee, Cherokee Mining District, Butte County, California, USA
62.6km (38.9 miles) ⓘYuba River placers, North San Juan, North San Juan Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
87.6km (54.4 miles) ⓘYuba River placers (Yuba Mine), Hammonton, Hammonton Mining District (Yuba River Mining District), Yuba County, California, USA
90.9km (56.5 miles) ⓘNorth Fork American River placer, Texas Hill, Emigrant Gap Mining District (Blue Canyon Mining District), Placer County, California, USA
References
Crawford, James John (1894), Twelfth report of the State Mineralogist: California Mining Bureau. (Report 12).
Edman, J.A. (1898), The platinum metals of Plumas County, California: Mining and Scientific Press: 77: 401
 
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