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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
Bessie G Mine, La Plata Mining District (California Mining District), La Plata County, Colorado, USA


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Native Gold, etc.

Bessie G Mine, La Plata Mining District, La Plata County, Colorado, USA
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Native Gold, etc.

Bessie G Mine, La Plata Mining District, La Plata County, Colorado, USA
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Native Gold

Bessie G Mine, La Plata Mining District, La Plata County, Colorado, USA
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Native Gold, etc.

Bessie G Mine, La Plata Mining District, La Plata County, Colorado, USA
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Native Gold, etc.

Bessie G Mine, La Plata Mining District, La Plata County, Colorado, USA
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Native Gold, etc.

Bessie G Mine, La Plata Mining District, La Plata County, Colorado, USA
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Native Gold

Bessie G Mine, La Plata Mining District, La Plata County, Colorado, USA
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Native Gold, etc.

Bessie G Mine, La Plata Mining District, La Plata County, Colorado, USA
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Native Gold, etc.

Bessie G Mine, La Plata Mining District, La Plata County, Colorado, USA
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Native Gold, etc.

Bessie G Mine, La Plata Mining District, La Plata County, Colorado, USA
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Native Gold

Bessie G Mine, La Plata Mining District, La Plata County, Colorado, USA
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Native Gold, etc.

Bessie G Mine, La Plata Mining District, La Plata County, Colorado, USA
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Native Gold
Formula:Au
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz116
Hessite85
Coloradoite71
Sylvanite45
Freibergite Subgroup38
Petzite31
Pyrite26
Altaite17
Baryte8
Marcasite7
Arsenopyrite7
Chalcopyrite7
Calaverite4
Galena3
Sphalerite3
Krennerite1
Cosalite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Native Gold data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bessie G Mine, La Plata Mining District (California Mining District), La Plata County, Colorado, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (31 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:49285
Long-form Identifier:1:3:49285:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Gold
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘSnowstorm Mine, La Plata Mining District (California Mining District), La Plata County, Colorado, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘColumbus Mine, La Plata Mining District (California Mining District), La Plata County, Colorado, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘCumberland Mine, La Plata Mining District (California Mining District), La Plata County, Colorado, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘMuldoon Mine, La Plata Mining District (California Mining District), La Plata County, Colorado, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘWestern Belle Mine, La Plata Mining District (California Mining District), La Plata County, Colorado, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘDurango Girl Mine, La Plata Mining District (California Mining District), La Plata County, Colorado, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘEagle Pass Mine, La Plata Mining District (California Mining District), La Plata County, Colorado, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘGood Hope Mine, La Plata Mining District (California Mining District), La Plata County, Colorado, USA
2.5km (1.6 miles) ⓘEureka - Bulldozer Mine, La Plata Mining District (California Mining District), La Plata County, Colorado, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) ⓘGold King Mine, La Plata Mining District (California Mining District), La Plata County, Colorado, USA
References
Rocks & Min.:64:500.
Saunders, J. A. (1986). Petrology, mineralogy, and geochemistry of representative gold telluride ores from Colorado (Doctoral dissertation, Colorado School of Mines).
Vogel, C. (2014, October). Insight into the Origin of Gold at the Bessie G Mine, La Plata Mining District, Southwestern Colorado. In 2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Summerlin, E. (2014). PGE mineralization at the Allard stock: Implications for the porphyry to epithermal transition, La Plata Mountains, Colorado (Auburn University MS thesis).
 
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