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Native Gold from
Gerhart Placer Mine (Gayhart Mine), Horse Creek, Klamath River Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou 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 Gerhart Placer Mine (Gayhart Mine), Horse Creek, Klamath River Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:744536
Long-form Identifier:1:3:744536:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Gold
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘScandia No. 1 Placer Mine, Horse Creek, Klamath River Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou County, California, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘUnnamed Au drift mine [139], Horse Creek, Klamath River Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou County, California, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘGearhart placer, Horse Creek, Klamath River Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou County, California, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘHorse Creek Mine (Horse Creek prospect; Minnehaha and Barsten Lange; Barton - Lange), Horse Creek, Klamath River Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou County, California, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘCopper Mountain group (Virginia claims; Barnum Bros Copper prospect), Blue Nose Bluff, Dillon Creek Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou County, California, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘBlue Lead Placer Mine, Horse Creek, Klamath River Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou County, California, USA
3.1km (1.9 miles) ⓘOffield Diggins placer, White Cloud Mountain, Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou County, California, USA
3.3km (2.1 miles) ⓘLeonard Placer Mine, Horse Creek, Klamath River Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou County, California, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) ⓘJoe Company Placer Mine, Horse Creek, Klamath River Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou County, California, USA
3.5km (2.2 miles) ⓘBlack Bird Placer Mine, White Cloud Mountain, Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou County, California, USA
References
California Journal of Mines and Geology (1916), Twelfth Report of the State Mineralogist (Report 12): 12: 282.
 
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