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It's a classic vs a newbie as the most common named mineral in the crust Quartz is up against an exceedingly-rare sea foam-green mineral discovered just a few years ago Asagiite.
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Native Gold from
Montana Placer (Patented Claims: Montana Placer; MS 4574; Old Channel Placer; MS 4574; Idaho Placer; MS 4574; Dump Placer; MS 4574), Lower San Miguel Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, 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 Montana Placer (Patented Claims: Montana Placer; MS 4574; Old Channel Placer; MS 4574; Idaho Placer; MS 4574; Dump Placer; MS 4574), Lower San Miguel Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:380901
Long-form Identifier:1:3:380901:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Gold
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘUnnamed Placer Mine (MRDS - 10014381), Lower San Miguel Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
5.1km (3.2 miles) ⓘWells and Egan Placer (Patented Claim: Wells and Egan Placer; MS 961), Lower San Miguel Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
6.0km (3.7 miles) ⓘBlack King Mine (Black King No. 4; Black King No. 5; Black King No. 5 Claim; Unpatented Claims: Black King No. 1; Evans Claims; Weatherly Claims), Placerville Mining District, Lower San Miguel Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
7.0km (4.4 miles) ⓘRosemary Placer (Patented Claim: Rosemary Placer; MS 15677), Lower San Miguel Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
7.8km (4.9 miles) ⓘGeneral De Wet Placer (Patented Claim: General De Wet; MS 14816), Lower San Miguel Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
9.5km (5.9 miles) ⓘUnnamed Placer Mine (Lawn Placer; MS 6824; Patented Claims: Placer Mining Claim No. 1; MS 6730; MRDS - 10014252), Lower San Miguel Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
12.2km (7.6 miles) ⓘWheeler Bars (E. Placer; MS 1066; Patented Claims: A Placer; MS 1026), Lower San Miguel Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
16.7km (10.4 miles) ⓘBoston; Enterprise; and Peoria Placers (Peoria Placer; MS 4612; Enterprise Placer; MS 4612; Patented Claims: Boston Placer; MS 4612), Lower San Miguel Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
18.9km (11.8 miles) ⓘWillow Creek Bar (Patented Claim: Willow Placer; MS 1970; Willow Creek Place), Lower San Miguel Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
23.2km (14.4 miles) ⓘSpecial Session Mine (Polar No. 1; MS 12908; Polar No. 2; MS 12908; Oasis; MS 12908; Slide Rock; MS 12908), Mount Wilson Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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