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Native Silver from
Gold Blossom Mine (Gold Blossom shaft; Gold Blossom vein; Marion lode; Ohio claim; Back Action claim; Gold Blossom No. 2 claim), Ophir, Ophir Mining District (Auburn Mining District; Duncan Hill Mining District), Placer County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Native Silver
Formula:Ag
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Native Silver data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gold Blossom Mine (Gold Blossom shaft; Gold Blossom vein; Marion lode; Ohio claim; Back Action claim; Gold Blossom No. 2 claim), Ophir, Ophir Mining District (Auburn Mining District; Duncan Hill Mining District), Placer County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:670882
Long-form Identifier:1:3:670882:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Silver
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘOphir Mining District (Auburn Mining District; Duncan Hill Mining District), Placer County, California, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) ⓘCalifornia Mine (California deposit), Auburn, Ophir Mining District (Auburn Mining District; Duncan Hill Mining District), Placer County, California, USA
6.2km (3.8 miles) ⓘElizabeth Mine (Elizabeth lode), Penryn (Stewart's Flat), Penryn Mining District, Placer County, California, USA
13.2km (8.2 miles) ⓘValley View Mine (Whiskey Hill Mine; Whiskey diggings; Whislcey Diggings; Harpening Kilaga Springs; Harpending Mine; Bonanza [?]), Kilaga Springs, Wheatland Mining District, Placer County, California, USA
29.8km (18.5 miles) ⓘArkasas Traveler Mine (Mineral Hill group), Spenceville, Spenceville Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
34.8km (21.6 miles) ⓘPacific Quartz Mine (Pacific Mine), Placerville (Hangtown), Placerville Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
40.8km (25.3 miles) ⓘBerkeley prospect, Rough and Ready, Rough-and-Ready Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
41.7km (25.9 miles) ⓘE. E. Copper Mine (E. E. Copper deposit), Logtown, El Dorado Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
49.9km (31.0 miles) ⓘBoss Mine (Boss Con Qtz.; San Juan Mine), Sweetland, North San Juan Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
56.6km (35.2 miles) ⓘCosumnes Copper Mine, Fair Play, Fairplay Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
References
Lindgren, Waldemar (1894a), The gold-silver veins of Ophir, California: UGS 14th. Annual Report, part 2: 272
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.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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