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Native Gold from
Fountain Head Mine (Fountain Head Gravel Mining Company placer), Willow Valley, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Native Gold
Formula:Au
Comments:Placer material.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Native Gold data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fountain Head Mine (Fountain Head Gravel Mining Company placer), Willow Valley, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:669893
Long-form Identifier:1:3:669893:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Gold
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘCold Spring Mine (Cold Springs; Cold Spring Blue Gravel placer), Willow Valley, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘBuckeye Quartz Mine (Buckeye Qtz.; Buckeye Mine; Buckeye group), Willow Valley, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘJewell Consolidated Mine (Jewell Cons.), National Mine (Cyane), Willow Valley, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘLone Star Quartz Mine (Lone Star Qtz; Lone Star Consolidated), Willow Valley, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘHoge Mine (Great Northern Gold Mines Inc. Mine), Willow Valley, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘGoosenest Quartz Mine (Goosenest Qtz; Goosenest), Willow Valley, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) ⓘHoge Mine (Great Northern Gold Mines Inc.), Willow Valley, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘJeremiah Lode Mine, Willow Valley, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘJesse Consolidated Mine (Jesse Cons; Mammoth; Cyanth), National Mine (Cyane), Willow Valley, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘSharpe Quartz & Gravel Mining Company Mine (Sharpe Qtz & Gravel Mining Co.; Sharpe Quartz and Gravel Mng. Co.; Black Bear), Willow Valley, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
References
description of the Pyramid Peak sheet: USGS Geological Atlas Pyramid Peak folio (No. 31), 8 pp.
Lindgren, Waldemar (1896a), Description of the gold belt
Clark, W.B. (1970) Gold Districts of California. Bulletin 193. California Division of Mines & Geology
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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