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Native Gold from
Best Bet Mine (Yellow Metal Mine; Schroeder group; Schroeder placer), Colorado area, Whitlock Mining District, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa 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 Best Bet Mine (Yellow Metal Mine; Schroeder group; Schroeder placer), Colorado area, Whitlock Mining District, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:678092
Long-form Identifier:1:3:678092:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Gold
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘSchroeder placer, Colorado area, Whitlock Mining District, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘTrabucco Mine, Colorado area, Whitlock Mining District, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘLive Oak Quartz Mine (Live Oak claim; Live Oak Extension claim; Ochre claim), Colorado area, Whitlock Mining District, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘYellow Metal group (North Yellow Metal claim; South Yellow Metal claim; Des Pinos claim), Briceburg, Jerseydale Mining District, East Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘBuena Vista group (Washington claim; Buena Vista claim; Phoenix claim), Colorado area, Whitlock Mining District, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘMexican Quartz Mine (Bull Frog Quartz Mine), Whitlock (Farmer's Hope; Whitlock Creek; Whitlock Gulch), Whitlock Mining District, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘMcCabe Flat Mining Company Placer Mine, Quartz Mountain [1], East Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘCleveland Mine, Whitlock (Farmer's Hope; Whitlock Creek; Whitlock Gulch), Whitlock Mining District, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘBowman Mine, Whitlock (Farmer's Hope; Whitlock Creek; Whitlock Gulch), Whitlock Mining District, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘMockingbird Mine (Talc & Lacy claim), Colorado area, Whitlock Mining District, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
References
California Division of Mines and Geology (1990), Mines and mineral producers active in California (1988-89), California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology, Special Publication 103.
 
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