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Diamond from
Thompson Flat, Oroville (Ophir City), Butte County, California, USA


Locality type:Flat
Classification
Species:Diamond
Formula:C
Comments:9 stones found (1915-1916).
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diamond data
Locality Data:Click here to view Thompson Flat, Oroville (Ophir City), Butte County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:682606
Long-form Identifier:1:3:682606:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Diamond
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘOroville (Ophir City), Butte County, California, USA
11.8km (7.3 miles) ⓘSpring Valley Hydraulic Mine (Spring Valley Mine; Cherokee Mine; Cherokee Hydraulic Mine; Cherokee Placer Mine), Cherokee, Cherokee Mining District, Butte County, California, USA
12.9km (8.0 miles) ⓘCherokee and Morris Ravine Placer Mines, Cherokee, Cherokee Mining District, Butte County, California, USA
42.9km (26.7 miles) ⓘFrench Corral placers (French Corral Diggings), French Corral, French Corral Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
70.9km (44.1 miles) ⓘNelson Point, Plumas County, California, USA
References
Waring, Clarence A. (1919), Butte, Placer, Sacramento, Yuba Counties: California Bureau of Mines Report 15: 187
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 170.
 
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