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Platinum (commodity) from
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - HE064; northeast of upper Shotgun Creek), Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA


Classification
Commodity:Platinum (commodity)
Data
Commodity Data:Click here to view Platinum (commodity) data
Locality Data:Click here to view Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - HE064; northeast of upper Shotgun Creek), Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1194637
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1194637:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other deposits of Platinum (commodity)
4.9km (3.0 miles) Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - HE065; divide between Partin and Little Shotgun creeks), Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
8.7km (5.4 miles) Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - HE058; divide between Christy and Copeland creeks), Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
14.9km (9.3 miles) Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - HE051; south of upper Long Creek), Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
70.6km (43.9 miles) Canyon Creek; Divide Creek; Long Creek Mine, Yentna Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
72.0km (44.7 miles) Poorman Creek; Kast; Nelson And Larson Mine, Yentna Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
73.8km (45.9 miles) Ruby Creek; Ruby Gulch Mine, Yentna Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
74.1km (46.1 miles) Willow Creek; Big Willow Creek; Little Willow Creek; Wilson Creek; Hansen; Jennings; Rice; Rocky Gulch; Slate Gulch; Snow Gulch Mine, Yentna Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
86.1km (53.5 miles) Camp Creek Mine, Yentna Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
86.2km (53.6 miles) Cache Creek Area Mine, Yentna Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
86.6km (53.8 miles) Watana Creek Prospect, Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
 
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