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Native Platinum from
Slate Creek (Plumas County), La Porte, La Porte Mining District, Plumas County, California, USA


Locality type:Creek
Classification
Species:Native Platinum
Formula:Pt
Comments:Placer material. Noted that, "The platinum metals of Slate creek generally run in sizes from 1/16 inch to microscopic particles, the latter predominating." (Edman, 1898).
Abundance at site:Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Native Platinum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Slate Creek (Plumas County), La Porte, La Porte Mining District, Plumas County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1639476
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1639476:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Platinum
16.9km (10.5 miles) ⓘRich Bar Mine, Little Volcano, Middle Fork of Feather River area, Plumas County, California, USA
17.3km (10.7 miles) ⓘNelson Creek placer, Little Volcano, Middle Fork of Feather River area, Plumas County, California, USA
29.2km (18.2 miles) ⓘSilver Creek, Gopher Hill, Edmanton Mining District (Meadow Valley Mining District), Plumas County, California, USA
40.8km (25.4 miles) ⓘRich Bar, Edmanton Mining District (Meadow Valley Mining District), Plumas County, California, USA
52.8km (32.8 miles) ⓘSpring Valley Hydraulic Mine (Spring Valley Mine; Cherokee Mine; Cherokee Hydraulic Mine; Cherokee Placer Mine), Cherokee, Cherokee Mining District, Butte County, California, USA
53.0km (32.9 miles) ⓘBlue Canyon Mine, Blue Canyon, Emigrant Gap Mining District (Blue Canyon Mining District), Placer County, California, USA
54.7km (34.0 miles) ⓘRough-and-Ready Mine (Rough & Ready), Rough and Ready, Rough-and-Ready Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
57.1km (35.5 miles) ⓘOroville (Ophir City), Butte County, California, USA
61.8km (38.4 miles) ⓘNorth Fork American River placer, Texas Hill, Emigrant Gap Mining District (Blue Canyon Mining District), Placer County, California, USA
69.5km (43.2 miles) ⓘYuba River placers (Yuba Mine), Hammonton, Hammonton Mining District (Yuba River Mining District), Yuba County, California, USA
References
Edman, J.A. (1898), The platinum metals of Plumas County, California: Mining and Scientific Press: 77: 401
 
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