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Native Gold from
Chappellet placer (El Encino), Golden Gate Hill, Mokelumne Hill Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA


Locality type:Placer
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 Chappellet placer (El Encino), Golden Gate Hill, Mokelumne Hill Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:762277
Long-form Identifier:1:3:762277:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Gold
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘCoffee Hill Mine (Coffee Mill; Golden Gate; Gleason), Golden Gate Hill, Mokelumne Hill Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘChili Creek placer (George Edwards), San Andreas, San Andreas Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘOphir Consolidated Mine [1] (Ophir Cons.; Red Hill & Woodstock Extension Mine; Ophir Cones; Red Hill), Golden Gate Hill, Mokelumne Hill Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
1.2km (0.8 miles) ⓘQuaker City Mine, Golden Gate Hill, Mokelumne Hill Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
1.2km (0.8 miles) ⓘChurch Union Mine (Kraemer Mine), Golden Gate Hill, Mokelumne Hill Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
1.2km (0.8 miles) ⓘTriangle placer, Golden Gate Hill, Mokelumne Hill Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘGold Ribbon Mine (Archie Campbell Place), Golden Gate Hill, Mokelumne Hill Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘThree Brother and Spinola mining claims, Chili Hill, San Andreas Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘNapoleon and Louisa Consolidated Mine (Napoleon & Louisa), San Andreas, San Andreas Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘBig Rock Placer Mine, Golden Gate Hill, Mokelumne Hill Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
References
CALIF COUNTY REPT NO 2,P 193
CALIFV 32,NO 3,P 339
REPT 12,P91
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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