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Native Gold from
South Yuba River placer [3], Omega, Washington Mining District (Omega Mining District), Nevada County, California, USA


Locality type:Placer
Classification
Species:Native Gold
Formula:Au
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Native Gold data
Locality Data:Click here to view South Yuba River placer [3], Omega, Washington Mining District (Omega Mining District), Nevada County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:330488
Long-form Identifier:1:3:330488:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Gold
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘEagle Bird Quartz Mine (Eagle Bird Qtz.; Diamond Creek Mine; Diamond Cons.; Eagle Bird Mine; Gold Bug; Gold Bug/Sunlight Consolidated; Sunlight Consolidated; Yuba Canyon Consolidated; Yuba Canyon Cons.; Diamond Creek/Stem Winder/Etna), Omega, Washington Mining District (Omega Mining District), Nevada County, California, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘLive Oak Quartz Mine (Live Oak Qtz.), Omega, Washington Mining District (Omega Mining District), Nevada County, California, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘDutretre group, Omega, Washington Mining District (Omega Mining District), Nevada County, California, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘStem Winder Mine (Etna), Omega, Washington Mining District (Omega Mining District), Nevada County, California, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) ⓘBlue Bell Quartz Mine (Blue Bell Qtz.; Blue Bell Gp.; Blue Bell Mine; German Cons.; German Mine), Omega, Washington Mining District (Omega Mining District), Nevada County, California, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘCroesus Quartz Mine (Croesus Qtz.), Omega, Washington Mining District (Omega Mining District), Nevada County, California, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘSalathiel Gold Quartz Mine (Salathiel Gold Qtz), Omega, Washington Mining District (Omega Mining District), Nevada County, California, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘYuba Mine (Yuba Consolidated; Yuba Quartz Mine; Yuba Qtz; Yuba claim; Yuba River), Omega, Washington Mining District (Omega Mining District), Nevada County, California, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘYuba Consolidated Mine (Yuba Cons.; Yuba claim; Central and Gray Eagle group; Central & Gray Eagle Gp.; Hathaway Ledge/Marietta/Mayflower; Rising Sun/Lindsay/Dinero Mining Company), Omega, Washington Mining District (Omega Mining District), Nevada County, California, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘMayflower Quartz Mine (Mayflower Qtz.), Yuba Consolidated Mine (Yuba Cons.; Yuba claim; Central and Gray Eagle group; Central & Gray Eagle Gp.; Hathaway Ledge/Marietta/Mayflower; Rising Sun/Lindsay/Dinero Mining Company), Omega, Washington Mining District (Omega Mining District), Nevada County, California, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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