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Snelling

Producer in Merced county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Iridium, Osmium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Palladium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109537
MRDS ID M045328
Record type Site
Current site name Snelling
Alternate or previous names Merced River
Related records 10261218

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.39849, 37.51492 (WGS84)
Elevation 90
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ALONG MERCED RIVER 24 MI EAST OF TURLOCK BETWEEN SNELLING AND MERCED FALLS, Accurate Within Dredged Area, Accurate Within Dredged Area

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Merced(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Snelling(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Joaquin River(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Merced

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005S;005S 014E;015E 10,11,12;07,08 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Iridium Critical Tertiary
Osmium Tertiary
Ruthenium Critical Tertiary
Rhodium Critical Tertiary
Palladium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result 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

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Ione Formation
    Rock description Ione Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.39849, 37.51492
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1848
Year of last production 1952
Production years 1907-1919, 1929-1942, 1946-1952

Mining district

District name Merced River Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Merced Dredging Co.
    First year 1948

Comments on the production information

  • 0.0019 OZ/TON AU (65 PPB); SMALL AMOUNT OF PT PRESENT (LOGAN).

Comments on the workings information

  • DREDGING

Comments on development

  • MINED INTERMITTENTLY FROM GOLD RUSH TO 1952

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 33-34.

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 120-121.

  • Deposit

    MERTIE, J.B., JR., 1969, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF PLATINUM METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 630, P. 94, TABLE 40.

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., 1970, PLATINUM: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MINERAL INFORMATION SERVICE, V. 23, NO. 6, P. 115-123.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD W017686 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-74 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-89 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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