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Sand from
General De Wet Placer (Patented Claim: General De Wet; MS 14816), Lower San Miguel Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Placer
Classification
Type:Sand
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sand data
Locality Data:Click here to view General De Wet Placer (Patented Claim: General De Wet; MS 14816), Lower San Miguel Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1047877
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1047877:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sand
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘRosemary Placer (Patented Claim: Rosemary Placer; MS 15677), Lower San Miguel Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
2.0km (1.2 miles) ⓘUnnamed Placer Mine (Lawn Placer; MS 6824; Patented Claims: Placer Mining Claim No. 1; MS 6730; MRDS - 10014252), Lower San Miguel Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘWells and Egan Placer (Patented Claim: Wells and Egan Placer; MS 961), Lower San Miguel Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
4.4km (2.7 miles) ⓘWheeler Bars (E. Placer; MS 1066; Patented Claims: A Placer; MS 1026), Lower San Miguel Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
5.8km (3.6 miles) ⓘUnnamed Placer Mine (MRDS - 10014381), Lower San Miguel Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
7.8km (4.9 miles) ⓘMontana Placer (Patented Claims: Montana Placer; MS 4574; Old Channel Placer; MS 4574; Idaho Placer; MS 4574; Dump Placer; MS 4574), Lower San Miguel Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
11.2km (6.9 miles) ⓘWillow Creek Bar (Patented Claim: Willow Placer; MS 1970; Willow Creek Place), Lower San Miguel Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
23.7km (14.8 miles) ⓘBoston; Enterprise; and Peoria Placers (Peoria Placer; MS 4612; Enterprise Placer; MS 4612; Patented Claims: Boston Placer; MS 4612), Lower San Miguel Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
27.8km (17.3 miles) ⓘClover Gulch Placers (Clover Gulch and Kimball Creek Placers), Battlement Mesa Area, Garfield County, Colorado, USA
41.7km (25.9 miles) ⓘDolores River Placers (Gold Nugget Placer; MS 20784; Snyder Placer; B. & S. Placer; MS 20784), Rico Mining District (Pioneer Mining District), Rico Mountains, Dolores County, Colorado, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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