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Native Gold from
Mad Mule Mine (Banghart Mine; Doughart Mine), Mad Mule Mountain, French Gulch Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Native Gold
Formula:Au
Comments:Both placer and lode material. Normally occurs here as thin films or as dendritic forms in Calcite in pockets. One slab nearly ¼ inch (0.8 cm) thick was found, weighing 100 ounces.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Calcite
Quartz
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Native Gold data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mad Mule Mine (Banghart Mine; Doughart Mine), Mad Mule Mountain, French Gulch Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:47291
Long-form Identifier:1:3:47291:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Gold
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘManlove Mine, Mad Mule Mountain, French Gulch Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘEvening Star Mine [2] (Truscott Mine; Truscott vein; Emigrant Mine; Martin Mine; Bright Star Mine; Iron Mask Mine), Mad Mule Mountain, French Gulch Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
2.0km (1.2 miles) ⓘEast View Mine (Winnie Mine), Mad Mule Mountain, French Gulch Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
2.0km (1.2 miles) ⓘIndex group, Mad Mule Mountain, French Gulch Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘMad Ox Mine (Caribou Gold Mining and Power Company; Maddox Mine), Iron Mountain, Iron Mountain [town], West Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
2.5km (1.6 miles) ⓘWhiskey Hill Mine (Tom Cook Mine), Iron Mountain, Iron Mountain [town], West Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
3.0km (1.9 miles) ⓘMerry Mountain Mine (Merry Mountain Diggers), Merry Mountain, French Gulch, French Gulch Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
3.3km (2.1 miles) ⓘGanim Mine (Ganim Gold Mines Company property), Whiskeytown, Whiskeytown Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
3.5km (2.2 miles) ⓘIsabel and Queen Mine, Whiskeytown, Whiskeytown Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
3.6km (2.2 miles) ⓘBetty May Mine, Whiskeytown, Whiskeytown Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
References
Ferguson, Henry Gardiner (1915) Pocket deposits of the Klamath Mountains, California. Economic Geology, 10 (3) 241-261 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.10.3.241
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.
Leicht, Wayne C. (1982) California Gold. The Mineralogical Record, 13 (6) 375-387
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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