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Native Gold from
Louisa Mine (Chausse), Mountain Spring Camp, Piute Mts [S], San Bernardino County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
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 Louisa Mine (Chausse), Mountain Spring Camp, Piute Mts [S], San Bernardino County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:332175
Long-form Identifier:1:3:332175:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Gold
1.5km (1.0 miles) ⓘMountain Spring prospect (Mtn Spring prospect; Unnamed mine; Unnamed prospect), Mountain Spring Camp, Piute Mts [S], San Bernardino County, California, USA
2.0km (1.3 miles) ⓘIdria Quicksilver group (Turtle Dove claim; Turtle Dove Quicksilver prospect), Mountain Spring Camp, Piute Mts [S], San Bernardino County, California, USA
2.3km (1.5 miles) ⓘWare Mine, Goffs Butte, Piute Mts [S], San Bernardino County, California, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘUnnamed Au mine [242] (Unnamed prospect; Gold occurrence), Mountain Spring Camp, Piute Mts [S], San Bernardino County, California, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘUnnamed Au occurrence [263] (Unnamed prospect), Mountain Spring Camp, Piute Mts [S], San Bernardino County, California, USA
5.6km (3.5 miles) ⓘUnnamed Au mine [243] (Unnamed prospect; Gold prospect), Mountain Spring Camp, Piute Mts [S], San Bernardino County, California, USA
5.6km (3.5 miles) ⓘUnnamed Au prospect [209], Fenner Spring, Piute Mts [S], San Bernardino County, California, USA
11.5km (7.1 miles) ⓘFenner Hills Gold Mine (Yellow Medicine; Unnamed mine), Fenner Hills, Fenner, Fenner Valley, San Bernardino County, California, USA
12.0km (7.5 miles) ⓘSection 15 Gold-Copper occurrence (Unnamed mine; Unnamed prospect), Fenner Hills, Fenner, Fenner Valley, San Bernardino County, California, USA
17.4km (10.8 miles) ⓘChuckwalla Wash prospect, Bannock, Ibex District, Sacramento Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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