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Native Gold from
O'Hara Mine (Franklin Mine), Sonora, Sonora Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Native Gold
Formula:Au
Comments:Crystallized altaite and gold in parallel groupings.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Altaite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Native Gold data
Locality Data:Click here to view O'Hara Mine (Franklin Mine), Sonora, Sonora Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:335925
Long-form Identifier:1:3:335925:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Gold
0.1km (0.0 miles) ⓘFairview Mine (Fairview claim; Last Chance claim; Colby), Sonora, Sonora Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
0.6km (0.3 miles) ⓘPage Mine (Simonich), Sonora, Sonora Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
0.9km (0.5 miles) ⓘBonanza Mine (Little Bonanza Mine; Fairview Mine), Gold Hill, Sonora, Sonora Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘBaer prospect, Sonora, Sonora Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘStonewall Mine (Pedro prospect; Pedro claim), Browns Flat, Columbia Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘTanzy Mine, Sonora, Sonora Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘMansfield Placer Mine, Sonora, Sonora Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘHope Mine, Sonora, Sonora Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) ⓘSell Mine, Sonora, Sonora Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
1.5km (1.0 miles) ⓘLazer Mine (Lazar Mine), Browns Flat, Columbia Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
References
Sharwood, William J. (1911), Notes on tellurium-bearing gold ores: Economic Geology: 6: 26
Murdoch, Joseph; Webb, Robert Wallace (1966) Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966) - California Division of Mines and Geology, Bulletin 189. California Division of Mines and Geology. 559 pp.
 
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