#182 Gold on Quartz
There is 1 3/4" oz. of Gold in this spec. It was prepared by Mineral Search as well as gold content tested. Awesome piece. Please call for pricing. 3" x 3". With disseminated arsenopyrite in matrix. From Sixteen to One gold mine at Alleghany, Sierra County. Alleghany is in the southwestern portion of Sierra County, about 40 miles northeast of Nevada City by road Gold mining began in the Alleghany area in the spring of 1851. The unusual ore bodies at Alleghany are in quartz veins; they range from small enrichments or pockets containing a few hundred dollars worth of ore to bodies that produced gold valued at a million dollars or more. The gold is found in the native form, coarse, commonly associated with arsenopyrite, but with only small amounts of other sulfides.*