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Native Gold from
San Luis Wash gold placers (San Luis Wash placers), San Luis Wash, San Luis Mountains, Arivaca Mining District (Las Guijas Mining District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Placer
Classification
Species:Native Gold
Formula:Au
Comments:Placer gold, generally coarse and angular particles.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Native Gold data
Locality Data:Click here to view San Luis Wash gold placers (San Luis Wash placers), San Luis Wash, San Luis Mountains, Arivaca Mining District (Las Guijas Mining District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:177156
Long-form Identifier:1:3:177156:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Gold
5.5km (3.4 miles) ⓘEaster Mine group, San Luis Mountains, Arivaca Mining District (Las Guijas Mining District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
6.4km (4.0 miles) ⓘArivaca Creek gold placers (Arivaca Creek placers), Arivaca Creek, Las Guijas Mountains, Arivaca Mining District (Las Guijas Mining District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
6.8km (4.2 miles) ⓘCoñejo Mine (Conejo Mine; Cottontail Mine; Creese Mine; Benendo Mine; Brenda Mine; Brendo Mine), San Luis Mountains, Arivaca Mining District (Las Guijas Mining District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
7.1km (4.4 miles) ⓘEdwards Mine (Mother Lode Mine; Mother Lode group), San Luis Mountains, Arivaca Mining District (Las Guijas Mining District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
11.0km (6.8 miles) ⓘGood Enough Mine group (Zappia claims; Soto and Esperanza groups), Las Guijas area, Las Guijas Mountains, Arivaca Mining District (Las Guijas Mining District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
11.2km (7.0 miles) ⓘLas Guijas Mine group (Immense Lode; Grand Lode; General Electric Mine; General Electric group of claims; Obregon claims; Black Gold group), Las Guijas Mountains, Arivaca Mining District (Las Guijas Mining District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
11.5km (7.2 miles) ⓘYellow Jacket Mine, Yellow Jacket Wash, Bartlett Mountain, Ruby, Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District), Oro Blanco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
12.2km (7.6 miles) ⓘLas Guijas gold placers (Arivaca placers), Las Guijas Wash, Las Guijas Mountains, Arivaca Mining District (Las Guijas Mining District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
12.4km (7.7 miles) ⓘBorder Mine group (Tunquepata Mine; Tunquita Mine), San Luis Mountains, Arivaca Mining District (Las Guijas Mining District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
16.6km (10.3 miles) ⓘAlamo gold placer (Oro Blanco placers; Alamo Mine), Alamo Gulch, Ruby, Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District), Oro Blanco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
References
Wilson, E.D. (1961): 79
Keith, Stanton B. (1974), AZ Bur. of Geol. & Min. Technology, Geol. Survey Br. Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, AZ: 106 (Table 4)
(n.d.) ADMMR Mines Database, Arizona Geological Survey.
 
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