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Rutile from
Yuba Consolidated Goldfields Placer Mine, Snelling, Snelling Mining District, Merced County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Rutile
Formula:TiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rutile data
Locality Data:Click here to view Yuba Consolidated Goldfields Placer Mine, Snelling, Snelling Mining District, Merced County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:862554
Long-form Identifier:1:3:862554:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Rutile
26.4km (16.4 miles) ⓘMary Harrison Mine, Mary Harrison group, Coulterville, Coulterville Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
28.1km (17.5 miles) ⓘOro Rico Mine (Penon Blanco Mine), Peñon Blanco Peak, Coulterville, Coulterville Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
47.4km (29.4 miles) ⓘJamestown Mine (Jamestown group), Jamestown, Jamestown District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
56.3km (35.0 miles) ⓘNorth Keystone Mine (Keystone Mine), Copperopolis Mines (Copperopolis group), Copperopolis, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
57.0km (35.4 miles) ⓘCarson Hill, Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District), Calaveras County, California, USA
92.4km (57.4 miles) ⓘMokelumne River, Amador County, California, USA
98.1km (61.0 miles) ⓘPanoche Hills, Fresno County, California, USA
References
George, D. R. (1951) Thorite from California, a new occurrence and variety. American Mineralogist, 36 (1-2) 129-132
 
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