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| Placeritos is a mining area southwest of [[Scossa]], near [[Rabbit Hole Spring]].
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| == References ==
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| * [http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:850112 Placerites GNIS]
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| ** History: "Named for gold found there in 1850s."
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| ** Variant: Placeritas: "Bureau of Land Management (BLM) maps other than 1:100,000-scale and 1:126,720-scale (1/2 inch = 1 mile). The name and year of publication follow (if known): Salem Westside Recreation Map 1996 Grazing Status Map 22/1960"
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| *** Note that "Salem Westside Recreation Map 1996" is probably a typo. http://www.blm.gov/or/pubroom/files/Oregon_Recreation_Map_Index.pdf indicates that a map with the same name covers northwestern Oregon.
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| ** Variant: Placeritos: "U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 1:250,000-scale topographic maps; various edition dates. Represents new or changed names from published editions. Map name and year of publication follow (if known): Lovelock/1935"
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| * Alfred Merritt Smith, Wm. O. Vanderburg, "[https://books.google.com/books?id=UXgfAQAAMAAJ&dq=Mandalay%20Spring%20Humboldt&pg=RA2-PA81#v=onepage&q=Placerites&f=false Placer Mining in Nevada]," Nevada Bureau of Mines, Vol. 26, No. 8, 1932. Includes photos of Placerites.
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| [[Category: GNIS]]
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| [[Category: Pershing County]]
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Latest revision as of 06:09, 11 January 2017