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Native Platinum from
Snelling Gold Dredging Company Placer Mine, Snelling, Snelling Mining District, Merced County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Native Platinum
Formula:Pt
Comments:Place material. No data presented regarding Fe content.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Native Platinum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Snelling Gold Dredging Company Placer Mine, Snelling, Snelling Mining District, Merced County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:831443
Long-form Identifier:1:3:831443:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Platinum
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘYuba Consolidated Goldfields Placer Mine, Snelling, Snelling Mining District, Merced County, California, USA
3.6km (2.2 miles) ⓘYosemite Mining and Dredging Company Placer Mine, Snelling, Snelling Mining District, Merced County, California, USA
5.2km (3.2 miles) ⓘMerced Dredging Company Placer Mine, Snelling, Snelling Mining District, Merced County, California, USA
8.3km (5.2 miles) ⓘSan Joaquin Mining Company Placer Mine, Snelling, Snelling Mining District, Merced County, California, USA
11.6km (7.2 miles) ⓘNew Year diggins (Prouty Ranch), Hayward, West Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
11.9km (7.4 miles) ⓘHuelsdonk placer, Hayward, West Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
17.8km (11.1 miles) ⓘBurns Creek Mine, Quartzburg School, Quartzburg, Hornitos Mining District, West Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
18.0km (11.2 miles) ⓘLa Grange Dredge No. 4 (La Grange placers), La Grange, Stanislaus County, California, USA
32.2km (20.0 miles) ⓘUnnamed Pt occurrence [1], Whitlock (Farmer's Hope; Whitlock Creek; Whitlock Gulch), Whitlock Mining District, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
41.6km (25.9 miles) ⓘKnights Ferry, Stanislaus County, California, USA
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