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Native Gold from
Crooked Creek placers (Jay Jay; Lava Cap Nos. 1 and 2; Sage No. 1 and 2), Iron Mountain, White Mountains, Mono 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 Crooked Creek placers (Jay Jay; Lava Cap Nos. 1 and 2; Sage No. 1 and 2), Iron Mountain, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:830179
Long-form Identifier:1:3:830179:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Gold
6.4km (4.0 miles) Wilkerson Mine (Hole In the Wall Mine; Lost Hope Mine), Index Hill, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
7.8km (4.9 miles) Blizzard Extension Mine, Blanco Mountain (Mount Blanco), White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
8.3km (5.2 miles) Gold Wedge Mine (Southbend Mine; Del Masso Mine), Index Hill, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
10.2km (6.3 miles) Golden Siren Mine (Golden Siren Gladys), Campito Mountain, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
10.3km (6.4 miles) Buck Mine, Oasis, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
11.9km (7.4 miles) Lucky Boy Mine (Piper), Oasis, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
13.5km (8.4 miles) Waterfall prospect, Cuna Spring, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
13.7km (8.5 miles) Starlight prospect, Cuna Spring, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
16.2km (10.1 miles) Pine Mountain group (Pine Mountain Mine), Antelope Spring, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
19.6km (12.2 miles) Black Canyon Mine (Sanger; Flora; Mineral Point; Carol J; Hope Group; Eagle and Westward Eagle), Sierra View, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA
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