Gold from
Colorado Mine (Colorado Quartz Mine), Colorado, Whitlock District, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock District, Mariposa Co., California, USA

Colorado Mine (Colorado Quartz Mine), Colorado, Whitlock District, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock District, Mariposa Co., California, USA
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Description
Comments:	Crystallized with crystals to ¼ inch (0.62 cm).
Habit:	skeletal octahedral crystals, leaves
Colour:	golden
Quality of samples:	Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Rarity at site:	Common
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
References
References:	Eidahl, D. (1977): Gold from the Colorado quartz mine. Mineralogical Record 8, 440-441; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 23; Economic Geology (1987): 82: 328-344; Cook, Lees, Francis (2009) The Colorado Quartz Gold Mine Mariposa County, California. Rocks & Minerals 84:396-412
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Gold data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Colorado Mine (Colorado Quartz Mine), Colorado, Whitlock District, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock District, Mariposa Co., California, USA
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