The Snelling is a gold mine located in Merced county, California at an elevation of 295 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 295 Feet (90 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.515, -120.39750
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Snelling MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Snelling
Secondary: Merced River
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Tertiary: Palladium
Tertiary: Rhodium
Tertiary: Ruthenium
Tertiary: Osmium
Tertiary: Iridium
Location
State: California
County: Merced
District: Merced River Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Merced Dredging Co.
Years: 1948 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1848
Year Last Production: 1952
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Trough
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PGE SAMPLE YIELDED 94.02% PT, 2.81% IR, 0.73% OS, 0.54% RU, 0.85% RH, 1.05% PD (MERTIE, TABLE 40, NO. 14). GOLD FINENESS IS 890
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Production): 0.0019 OZ/TON AU (65 PPB); SMALL AMOUNT OF PT PRESENT (LOGAN).
Comment (Development): MINED INTERMITTENTLY FROM GOLD RUSH TO 1952
Comment (Workings): DREDGING
Comment (Deposit): RECORD W017686 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED.
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., 1970, PLATINUM: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MINERAL INFORMATION SERVICE, V. 23, NO. 6, P. 115-123.
Reference (Deposit): MERTIE, J.B., JR., 1969, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF PLATINUM METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 630, P. 94, TABLE 40.
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 120-121.
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 33-34.
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