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Gravel from
Spanish Basin Placer Company Claims (Claims: Alpha No. 1; Beta No. 2; Beta No. 1; Omega No. 1; Omega No. 2; Alpha No. 2), Grayback Mining District (Russell Mining District), Costilla County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Claim
Classification
Type:Gravel
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gravel data
Locality Data:Click here to view Spanish Basin Placer Company Claims (Claims: Alpha No. 1; Beta No. 2; Beta No. 1; Omega No. 1; Omega No. 2; Alpha No. 2), Grayback Mining District (Russell Mining District), Costilla County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1044531
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1044531:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Gravel
0.8km (0.5 miles) Giant Gulch Placer, Grayback Mining District (Russell Mining District), Costilla County, Colorado, USA
1.0km (0.7 miles) Badger State Placers 1-5, Grayback Mining District (Russell Mining District), Costilla County, Colorado, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) Denver Placers 6-8, Grayback Mining District (Russell Mining District), Costilla County, Colorado, USA
2.0km (1.2 miles) Otero Placers 1 and 2, Grayback Mining District (Russell Mining District), Costilla County, Colorado, USA
4.0km (2.5 miles) Willow Gulch Placer, Grayback Mining District (Russell Mining District), Costilla County, Colorado, USA
4.4km (2.7 miles) Last Chance Placer (Last Chance No. 3), Grayback Mining District (Russell Mining District), Costilla County, Colorado, USA
33.3km (20.7 miles) Wayatoya Creek Placer, La Veta Mining District, Huerfano County, Colorado, USA
39.8km (24.7 miles) Liberty Occurrence (Music), Liberty Mining District (Music Mining District), Saguache County, Colorado, USA
87.6km (54.4 miles) Unidentified Placer Occurrence (MRDS - 10018404), Arkansas River Placers Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
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