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Unnamed Au placer [3] (Patrick Creek placer), Low Divide, Low Divide Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Del Norte County, California, USAi
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Unnamed Au placer [3] (Patrick Creek placer)Placer
Low Divide- not defined -
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Klamath MountainsMountain Range
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 54' 33'' North , 124° 1' 35'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Gasquet661 (2011)8.5km
Smith River866 (2011)10.2km
Hiouchi301 (2011)13.5km
Bertsch-Oceanview2,436 (2011)20.6km
Crescent City6,774 (2017)22.4km
Mindat Locality ID:
74775
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:74775:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A placer Au occurrence located in sec. 35, T18N, R1E, HM, .3 km (900 feet) ENE of Low Divide (coordinates of record), on National Forest land. NOTE: The MRDS database stated accuracy for this locality is 500 meters.

NOTE: The MRDS database states that this locality is "on Patrick Creek about 3 miles N of the highway;" however, based on the coordinates provided (which were verified as correct for the T&R section cited, through the Montana State University TRS-data website), this locality is not near Patrick Creek, but rather, lies between the headwaters of Hardscrabble Creek and the North Fork Smith River in the Low Divide District. It appears as if 2 localities are confused in view of the alternate name given here of "Patrick Creek".

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