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Iridosmine from
Yuba River placers (Yuba Mine), Hammonton, Hammonton Mining District (Yuba River Mining District), Yuba County, California, USA


Locality type:Placer
Classification
Species:Native Osmium var: Iridosmine
Formula:(Os,Ir)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Iridosmine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Yuba River placers (Yuba Mine), Hammonton, Hammonton Mining District (Yuba River Mining District), Yuba County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:672501
Long-form Identifier:1:3:672501:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Iridosmine
33.3km (20.7 miles) ⓘYuba River placers, North San Juan, North San Juan Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
50.1km (31.1 miles) ⓘCherokee, Cherokee Mining District, Butte County, California, USA
70.8km (44.0 miles) ⓘNorth Fork American River placer, Texas Hill, Emigrant Gap Mining District (Blue Canyon Mining District), Placer County, California, USA
87.6km (54.4 miles) ⓘSilver Creek, Gopher Hill, Edmanton Mining District (Meadow Valley Mining District), Plumas County, California, USA
References
Sjoberg, J. and Gomes, J.M. (1980) Platinum-group minerals in California alluvial deposits. US Bureau of Mines, Reno Research Center, unpublished manuscript: 15
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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