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Native Gold from
Melones Mine, Carson Hill Gold Mining Company Mines (Carson Hill Mines), Melones, Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District), Calaveras County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Native Gold
Formula:Au
Comments:.870 - .899 fine. Occurs with unspecified tellurides.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Magnetite
Tetradymite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Native Gold data
Locality Data:Click here to view Melones Mine, Carson Hill Gold Mining Company Mines (Carson Hill Mines), Melones, Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District), Calaveras County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:47241
Long-form Identifier:1:3:47241:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Gold
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘDonald C. Mine, Melones, Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District), Calaveras County, California, USA
0.4km (0.2 miles) ⓘLast Chance Mine [1], Carson Hill Gold Mining Company Mines (Carson Hill Mines), Melones, Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District), Calaveras County, California, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘSouth Carolina Mine (South Carolina-Carson Carson Hill Gold Mining Corp.), Carson Hill Gold Mining Company Mines (Carson Hill Mines), Melones, Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District), Calaveras County, California, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘAriola Mine, Melones, Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District), Calaveras County, California, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘCarson Hill Gold Mining Company Mines (Carson Hill Mines), Melones, Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District), Calaveras County, California, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘStanislaus Mine, Carson Hill Gold Mining Company Mines (Carson Hill Mines), Melones, Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District), Calaveras County, California, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘAlta Mine [1], Melones, Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District), Calaveras County, California, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘCalaveras Consolidated Mine (Santa Cruz claim; Ivanhoe claim; Mexican claim; Relief claim; Stevens and Brown claim), Carson Hill Gold Mining Company Mines (Carson Hill Mines), Melones, Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District), Calaveras County, California, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘFinnegan Carson Hill Gold Mining Company Mine (Finnegan Extension claim; Finnegan Purchase claim; Finnegan claim; Tarbot Homesite claim), Carson Hill, Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District), Calaveras County, California, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘMorgan-Melones Mine (Morgan Mine), Carson Hill Gold Mining Company Mines (Carson Hill Mines), Melones, Carson Hill Mining District (Melones Mining District), Calaveras County, California, USA
References
Hanks, Henry Garber (1884), Fourth report of the State Mineralogist: California Mining Bureau. Report 4, 410 pp.: 388
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
Committee, FM Locality Index, Kampf, Anthony R. (1989) California Locality Index. The Mineralogical Record, 20 (2) 129-142
 
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