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Native Platinum from
Nelson Creek placer, Little Volcano, Middle Fork of Feather River area, Plumas County, California, USA


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Native Platinum

Nelson Creek placer, Little Volcano, Middle Fork of Feather River area, Plumas County, California, USA
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Native Platinum

Nelson Creek placer, Little Volcano, Middle Fork of Feather River area, Plumas County, California, USA
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Native Platinum

Nelson Creek placer, Little Volcano, Middle Fork of Feather River area, Plumas County, California, USA
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Native Platinum

Nelson Creek placer, Little Volcano, Middle Fork of Feather River area, Plumas County, California, USA
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Native Platinum

Nelson Creek placer, Little Volcano, Middle Fork of Feather River area, Plumas County, California, USA
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Native Platinum

Nelson Creek placer, Little Volcano, Middle Fork of Feather River area, Plumas County, California, USA
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Native Platinum

Nelson Creek placer, Little Volcano, Middle Fork of Feather River area, Plumas County, California, USA
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Native Platinum

Nelson Creek placer, Little Volcano, Middle Fork of Feather River area, Plumas County, California, USA
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Native Platinum

Nelson Creek placer, Little Volcano, Middle Fork of Feather River area, Plumas County, California, USA
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Native Platinum

Nelson Creek placer, Little Volcano, Middle Fork of Feather River area, Plumas County, California, USA
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Native Platinum

Nelson Creek placer, Little Volcano, Middle Fork of Feather River area, Plumas County, California, USA
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Native Platinum

Nelson Creek placer, Little Volcano, Middle Fork of Feather River area, Plumas County, California, USA
Locality type:Placer
Classification
Species:Native Platinum
Formula:Pt
Comments:Several pieces to the size of a bean (type bean not stated), placer material.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Native Platinum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Nelson Creek placer, Little Volcano, Middle Fork of Feather River area, Plumas County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:642041
Long-form Identifier:1:3:642041:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Platinum
3.1km (1.9 miles) ⓘRich Bar Mine, Little Volcano, Middle Fork of Feather River area, Plumas County, California, USA
17.3km (10.7 miles) ⓘSlate Creek (Plumas County), La Porte, La Porte Mining District, Plumas County, California, USA
21.5km (13.3 miles) ⓘSilver Creek, Gopher Hill, Edmanton Mining District (Meadow Valley Mining District), Plumas County, California, USA
34.2km (21.3 miles) ⓘRich Bar, Edmanton Mining District (Meadow Valley Mining District), Plumas County, California, USA
63.3km (39.3 miles) ⓘSpring Valley Hydraulic Mine (Spring Valley Mine; Cherokee Mine; Cherokee Hydraulic Mine; Cherokee Placer Mine), Cherokee, Cherokee Mining District, Butte County, California, USA
66.4km (41.2 miles) ⓘBlue Canyon Mine, Blue Canyon, Emigrant Gap Mining District (Blue Canyon Mining District), Placer County, California, USA
70.3km (43.7 miles) ⓘOroville (Ophir City), Butte County, California, USA
71.9km (44.7 miles) ⓘRough-and-Ready Mine (Rough & Ready), Rough and Ready, Rough-and-Ready Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
73.8km (45.9 miles) ⓘNorth Fork American River placer, Texas Hill, Emigrant Gap Mining District (Blue Canyon Mining District), Placer County, California, USA
86.4km (53.7 miles) ⓘYuba River placers (Yuba Mine), Hammonton, Hammonton Mining District (Yuba River Mining District), Yuba County, California, USA
References
Hanks, Henry Garber (1884), Fourth report of the State Mineralogist: California Mining Bureau. Report 4, 410 pp.: 310
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 291.
 
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